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Call Me By Your Name

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Brett Alan Dewing
Feb 04, 2018
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A long time ago (the 80s) in a locale far, far away (Northern Italy), there was a land where no one wore shirts and grad students had all the free time in the world.  This unnamed place is the setting of Call Me By Your Name.

I don't quite know what to say about Call Me By Your Name.  I think it skillfully portrays first (gay) love between a scrawny 17-y…

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