Call Me by Your Name (partially lost deleted scenes from Oscar-winning coming-of-age film; 2017)
A still from one of the film’s unreleased scenes.
Status: Partially Lost
Call Me by Your Name is a 2017 coming-of-age film directed by Luca Guadagnino, based on the homonymous novel written by André Aciman a decade prior. Set in Nothern Italy in the early 1980s, the plot follows the dramatic summer love between Elio, a 17-year-old boy on holiday with his parents (portrayed by Timothée Chalamet), and Oliver (Armie Hammer), a man on his early 20s that was chosen to live in the family’s villa for a couple of months in exchange for helping Elio’s father with his academic work. The film received four nominations for the 90th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won Best Adapted Screenplay with a script written by James Ivory.[1]
Original Cut
During an interview in September 2017, Luca Guadagnino revealed that the original cut for the film lasted 4 hours.[2] Several behind-the-scenes stills and pictures depict the recording of multiple scenes possibly featured in this rough first cut, and who weren’t later included in the final version of the film.[3] Some changes were made to Ivory’s script while recording,[4] but it’s unclear as of March 2021 which scenes were or were not filmed, and whether the full original material was preserved or destroyed.
Deleted Scenes
In December 2017, Luca Guadagnino stated that he would not include some existing finalized scenes on the film’s DVD release, since he wanted to save them for a hypothetical sequel and use them for flashbacks.[5] As of March 2021, there are two confirmed scenes that were fully produced but weren’t featured in the final cut:[6]
- A scene in which Elio would take Oliver for a tour of the village;
- A scene featuring Elio’s parents overhearing a late-night conversation between Oliver and him, inspiring them to "rediscover the passion between them."
A description of the first scene was made by user @cmbyn_locations on Instagram. The original post of the viewer’s experience has since been deleted,[7] but a print screen of the content was posted by user littlelemon1012 on Reddit.[8]
Availability
The two identified scenes were shown to a restricted audience during a special screening in Castiglioncello, Italy, on June 15th, 2018.[9] They weren’t included in any digital or physical releases of the film.
As of March 2021, no additional showcases were ever made, and the footage remains to be released to the public.
Gallery
External Links
- IMDB page for Call Me by Your Name. Retrieved 04 Mar '21
- Wikipedia page for the film. Retrieved 04 Mar '21
References
- ↑ 90th Academy Awards Ceremony. Retrieved 04 Mar '21
- ↑ Luca Guadagnino’s interview for Collider about his original cut. Retrieved 04 Mar '21
- ↑ l Reddit thread about a still from a cutscene. Retrieved 04 Mar '21
- ↑ Original script changes. Retrieved 04 Mar '21
- ↑ LA Times article in which Luca says he won’t release the scenes on a DVD. Retrieved 04 Mar '21
- ↑ Luca Guadagnino talks about the scenes. – Italian article Retrieved 04 Mar '21
- ↑ Deleted Instagram post describing the scene. Retrieved 04 Mar '21
- ↑ Print Screen of the original Instagram post. Retrieved 04 Mar '21
- ↑ Luca Guadagnino talks about the screening. – Italian article Retrieved 04 Mar '21