call me by your name
“Time makes us sentimental. Perhaps, in the end, it is because of time that we suffer.”
“Frail blonde reeds
like a field of wheat
beside the sky-blue lake
the houses of a distant island
the color of sails
ready to set off –
A longing for light things
in the heart as heavy
as a stone
inside a boat –
Yet one evening it will reach
these shores,
the unfettered soul:
without folding down the reeds
without stirring up water or air
it will set sail – with the houses
of the distant island,
for a high reef
of stars –”
words i · andré aciman call me by your name
film · based on aciman’s book by the same title, luca guadagnino’s film is a look at young, honest love—shadowy and glittering, sticky and dewey.
photography · costume designer Giulia Piersanti was inspired by bruce weber’s early photographs in dressing our characters.
music · written for our film, sufjan stevens’ mystery of love evokes the same tactile and insufferable passion our characters posses.
words ii · the aching theme of this compendium is embodied by this poem by antonia pozzi a longing for light things.
paintings · these selected works by italian artist giorgio de chirico reflect our sculptural and dense aesthetic.
Payton O'Neal