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Luca Guadagnino on ‘Queer’s’ Ban in Turkey: ‘I’m Going to Fight the Institution Who Wants to Tarnish [Cinema’s] Inevitable Powers’
Luca Guadagnino said on Saturday at the Marrakech Film Festival that he'll be 'happy' if people download "Queer" in Turkey where it's been banned.
While at the jury press conference at Marrakech Film Festival, Luca Guadagnino said on Saturday that he’ll be “happy” if people download “Queer” in Turkey where the movie, starring Daniel Craig as a gay American expat in 1950s Mexico City, was banned by authorities who deemed it “too provocative.” He rejoiced about the fact “Queer” is an “object that shutters our house of values in a way that is so powerful” and hopes that the “form of the movie brings the possibility of societal collapse. Ali Abbasi, whose Donald Trump movie “The Apprentice” has been plagued with controversy, talked about how crucial it is for filmmakers to address audiences who may not share their world views.
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