Luca Guadagnino’s Queer is a Bold Dive into the Surreal and Subversive

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A snake eating its own tail, an anthropomorphic necklace, a nude ayahuasca trip in which hearts explode out of mouths — these are just a few of the surreal metaphors coursing through Queer, a new film that explores the landscape of queer identity in a pastiche of 1950s counterculture. It’s the latest and perhaps most experimental of director Luca Guadagnino’s films exploring love, desire, and self-discovery, making it a perfect fit for MUBI, a streaming service known for...