Queer

Watched this time with the Director’s Commentary. An extremely insightful watch, which gave plenty explanation but also raised more questions in how the set design, costume design, editing, writing, and directing all reinforce the pathos of this work.Luca makes very clear in this commentary that the love story between Lee and Allerton is not one of unrequited love but the failure between two human beings to synchronize their hearts into a singular unity. So the repression present in the film is there to signal that lack of synchronicity not discomfort or insecurity in one’s sexuality but just being unable to align your heart and mind with another.