We're finally getting a closer look at Luca Guadagnino's latest film 'Queer' starring Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey. The first trailer for the film has dropped, giving us a more in depth look into the story of William Lee played by Craig, who finds himself in Mexico City after escaping heroin charges in the U.S., and Eugene Allerton played by Starkey, a former GI new to the city, as they establish a connection.
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00:00It's a wise old queen who taught me that I had a duty to live.
00:05We're finally getting a closer look at Luca Guadagnino's latest film,
00:09Queer, starring Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey.
00:12The first trailer for the film has dropped, giving us a more in-depth look into the story
00:16of William Lee, played by Craig, who finds himself in Mexico City after escaping heroin
00:21charges in the U.S., and Eugene Allerton, played by Starkey, a former G.I. new to the city,
00:27as they establish a connection.
00:29I'll get bigger fish to fry.
00:30Bigger fish is right.
00:32Cold, slippery, hard to catch.
00:35The film is based on the novel of the same name by William S. Burroughs.
00:39Queer, which also stars Leslie Manville, Jason Schwartzman, and more,
00:43debuted at the Venice Film Festival to largely positive reviews.
00:47The Hollywood Reporter's review of the film reads, in part,
00:50It's hard to think of a more ideal director than Guadagnino to explore queerness,
00:54sensuality, and the shifting terrain of romantic intoxication.
00:58He's found the perfect traveling companion in Daniel Craig.
01:02Why'd you have to lose?
01:05Independence.
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