Luca Guadagnino talks about the “gay” ban in Türkiye trendy blogger

During a jury press conference at the Marrakesh Film Festival, Luca Guadagnino said on Saturday that he would be “happy” if people downloaded “Queer” in Turkey, where the film, which stars Daniel Craig as a gay American expatriate in 1950s Mexico City. Last, it was banned by the authorities who deemed it “too provocative.”

“They banned the film because they said the film creates social disorder,” Guadagnino said. “I wonder if they’ve seen the movie or are just judging it by the broad strokes or let’s say the ridiculous stupidity of some of the press focusing on James Bond turning gay.”

He rejoices in the fact that “Queer” is “something that shatters the house of our values ​​in a very powerful way” and hopes that the film form “brings the possibility of societal collapse.”

“I was blown away by the cinema. I was shocked that I would fight an establishment that wants to distort its inevitable powers,” Guadagnino said, prompting applause from the hall.

Guadagnino, who chairs the Marrakesh Film Festival jury, said censorship does not prevent people from watching the film because “they can find things” for themselves. “You can download the movie. I mean, if someone in Türkiye downloads the movie, I will be happy.

Speaking further about his ambition as a director, he said: “We have only one enemy, which is industrial taste.”

“This is the enemy we have to fight fiercely, the idea of ​​placing cinema within parameters determined by some kind of invisible law. This is the idea of ​​how to make cinema work as an industrial piece.

Ali Abbasi, whose Donald Trump film “The Apprentice” sparked controversy, spoke about how important it is for filmmakers to address audiences who may not share their worldviews. The Iranian-Danish director, who participates in the Marrakesh jury with Guadagnino, Jacob Elordi and Andrew Garfield, pointed to the evolution of tastes that have changed since the 1970s and 1980s, when “anti-establishment was seen as the norm and when cinema (from that era) was seen as outlier.” Out of the norm, as rebellion.

“It is interesting that what has happened now is that this type of cinema is seen as elitist, too artistic and out of touch with ordinary people, what Luca used to refer to as ‘industrial taste’, that is, for the people.”

He said it’s important to ask: “When did we go from being anti-establishment to being part of the elitist establishment that is conspiring to run the world and so forth, I think we need to look at this, and I think we all have done that.” That responsibility.”

Referring to Trump’s re-election in the United States, Abbasi said: “It is easy to be defeated by these successive waves of MAGA victories in the United States, and the Argentine MAGA wave, and I can go on,” adding, “It is easy to point fingers.” And we say, “Oh, people are uneducated,” but also at some point, I think we need to stop doing that (…) because whether we like it or not, they are legitimate enough for us to understand that this is how the majority of people in the world are. Now, so we need to talk to these people.”

“The only reason this is happening in the world is because everyone is not using their power the way they can,” said Patricia Arquette, a jury member in Marrakesh.

“So don’t put it on the filmmakers. Put it on your family. It’s your own responsibility. We all have to step up and take our own responsibility now,” she said.

The Marrakesh Film Festival jury also consists of Indian director Zoya Akhtar, Belgian actress Virginie Efira, Moroccan actress Nadia Kunda, and Argentine director Santiago Mitri.

The festival kicked off on Friday evening with the premiere of the film “The Order” by director Justin Kurzel, which was presented by the Australian director with his producer, Stuart Ford.

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