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The Romanticized Squalor of Queer
Luca Guadagnino makes William S. Burroughs’s novella a love story that is sordid, pathetic, affecting, and true.
Queer Screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes On Creating an Ending for William S. Burroughs’ Unfinished Classic
The Challengers writer talks about helping director Luca Guadagnino make his most personal film to date, the possible DCU ...
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The Last Moments of ‘Queer’ Tell a Murderous True Story About William S. Burroughs’ Haunted, Tragic Life
It’s an ending that deviates from and expands upon author William S. Burroughs’ source material, but one that sticks close to the Beat author’s actual biography. In the movie, Allerton ...
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In 'Queer,' Daniel Craig is outstanding as a fictionalized William S. Burroughs
He began writing Queer in 1952, while awaiting trial for the killing of his wife, Joan Vollmer, during what he initially said was a drunken game of William Tell. Burroughs never finished the book ...
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‘Queer’: Read The Screenplay By Justin Kuritzkes That Turns William S. Burroughs’ Love Story Into One For All Of Us
Guadagnino sparked to the story of William Lee, Burroughs’ alter ego ... it’s fundamentally a story about love. Indeed, it ...
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'Queer': Luca Guadagnino's new film and the evolution of a controversial word
From derogatory insult to a symbol of empowerment, the changing meaning of the word "queer" is explored, and "Queer" actor Drew Droege reflects on his journey of embracing it and its cultural impact.
Queer review: There’s not a trace of William S Burroughs in Luca Guadagnino’s hugely disappointing adaptation
Luca Guadagnino’s hugely disappointing adaptation of William S Burroughs’s posthumously published novella opens with Sinéad O’Connor’s cover of the Nirvana song All Apologies and randomised objects ...