Queer: Here’s what critics had to say about Luca Guadagnino’s gay drama
The verdict is in for Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey’s gay period drama Queer. Over the last few months, LGBTQIA+ movie enthusiasts have anxiously awaited the release of Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming film.
Set in the 1940’s, Queer follows Lee (Craig) as he flees a drug bust in New Orleans. He wanders the bars and clubs of Mexico City, where he becomes infatuated with Starkey’s character, a discharged serviceman from the American Navy.
Based on William S. Burrough’s 1985 short novel of the same name, which explores themes such as homosexuality, sex and drug abuse, the film also stars Jason Schwartzman, Lesley Manville, Henry Zaga, Drew Droege, Ariel Schulman and Omar Apollo in his acting debut.
On 3 September, the two-hour and 15-minute film finally made its highly-anticipated premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.
