And maybe that sort of thing is innate in Guadagnino, too. The young Guadagnino submerged a piece of cow meat in a glass of water and planned to film its decomposition over time, but the smell of rot reached his intended audience before that gory vision ever could. “My mother threw the meat away,” he said proudly, “so I never did finish my movie. His grand, unabashed vision would begin to win over critics with subsequent films like “I Am Love” (2009) and “A Bigger Splash” (2015). The producer Lorenzo Mieli had suggested a show exploring gender fluidity in American suburbia, but Guadagnino wanted to give “We Are Who We Are” his own spin.

Source: New York Times September 10, 2020 13:52 UTC