Cambridge Film Collective Presents: Luca Guadagnino's 'Queer'
Join us for a film screening, followed by a talk by Matthew Levi Stevens.
Taking William S. Burrough’s novel as its story, Luca Guadagnino’s Queer traces the isolated existence of William Lee in 1950s Mexico, conjuring a world of sweat-tinged sensuality and opium-fuelled agony. Lee’s obsessive longing for Eugene Allerton, a recently discharged American Navy serviceman, pushes the narrative towards the depths of the jungle into an ayahuasca-induced trip of intense disembodied connection. Defined by its anachronistic soundtrack (peppered with Nirvana and Prince), Queer unpicks the universal feelings of lust and loneliness which define the human condition with a distinctly psychotropic flourish.
Speaker:
Matthew Levi Stevens is an author, occult commentator, and former musician who has written extensively on William Burroughs. His book "The Magical Universe of William S Burroughs" (2014) considers the significance of Magic and the Occult in the life and work of the counter-cultural icon.
The screening is supported by MUBI.
Speaker
Matthew Levi Stevens