Daniel Craig presents 'challenging' drug-fueled love story 'Queer' at Venice Film Festival
In his new film "Queer," Daniel Craig sheds his suave 007 persona for the loneliness and anguish of a drug-addicted gay man, in a love story based on the William Burroughs novel. "It's the kind of films I want to see, I want to make, I want to be out there" says the actor. The film, directed by Italy's Luca Guadagnino, is one of 21 vying for the top Golden Lion prize at the prestigious Venice Film Festival.
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In his new film "Queer," Daniel Craig sheds his suave 007 persona for the loneliness and anguish of a drug-addicted gay man, in a love story based on the William Burroughs novel. "It's the kind of films I want to see, I want to make, I want to be out there" says the actor. The film, directed by Italy's Luca Guadagnino, is one of 21 vying for the top Golden Lion prize at the prestigious Venice Film Festival.
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00:00And we approached the scenes, you know as well as I do, there's nothing intimate about filming a sex scene on a movie set.
00:10There's a room full of people watching you, so it's like, it's not, we just wanted to make it as touching and as real and as natural as we possibly could.
00:26I kind of look at this movie and I think if I wasn't in the movie and I saw this movie, I'd want to be in it.
00:31Does that make sense?
00:33It's the kind of films I want to see, I want to make, I want to be out there.
00:39They're challenging, but they're hopefully incredibly accessible because they're movies.
00:46They're movies as I understand them.
00:48I wanted, hopefully, to let the audience at the end of it with a sort of idea of self.
00:57Who are we when we are alone and who are we looking for?
01:03Who do we want beside us?
01:05No matter who you are.
01:06Are you a heroin addict living in Mexico City, which by the way is a Mexico City that exists in the mind of the character?
01:13Or you love a man, you love a woman, whoever you love.
01:16Who are you when you are alone in that bed and you are left with the feeling of how you have felt?