In 1950s Mexico City, an American immigrant in his forties lives a lonely life in a small American community. However, the arrival of a young student forces him to finally make a meaningful connection with someone. Daniel Craig finally convinced Luca Guadagnino to cast Drew Starkey after watching Guadagnino’s audition tapes, and he told him, “Here he is” when he saw Starkey. William Lee: Get on your ass! Or what’s left of him after four years in the Navy.. The Graham Norton Show: Daniel Craig/Nicola Coughlan/Jesse Eisenberg/Kieran Culkin/Flo (2024). I’ve never seen Naked Dinner (1991), but I often thought about it during the screening of Queer at the 2024 London Film Festival: maybe that was to be expected, since William S. Burroughs provided the source material for both films. In 1950s Mexico, William Lee, an American writer in his early…forties? Fifty? He spends his days getting drunk, slobbering, and having casual sex with other men. One day, a muscular, smart, handsome young man named Eugene walks into a bar, and Lee falls in love with him. But what does Eugene want? Plus, this telepathic drug is worth thinking about… I don’t know what director Luca Guadagnino is trying to achieve stylistically with this film. The sets are done almost exclusively in checkered colors—like muted reds and olive greens—and they have such a vaguely unrealistic, clean, colorful look that I thought the film was intended to pay homage to the films of the era it’s set in. But if that’s the case, why isn’t there a distinctly 1950s rock and techno soundtrack? Daniel Craig (I think, or is he starting to look like Sid James?) is shackled in the lead role, constantly spouting nonsense in an accent that is clearly not his own. Drew Starkey gives a more nuanced performance as Eugene’s manipulator and certainly comes across as a cool guy. Leslie Manville is unrecognizable as the doctor living in the South American jungle – well done to the makeup artists! This is the type of film that impresses you more with its artistic style than its narrative content. It was possible to watch it once, but I will not watch it again.
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