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Call Me by Your Name: A journey of emotions, of first love, of longing and uncertainty.

It’s been three days since I watched Call Me by Your Name and I still can’t get if off my head. This is what I hate about watching good films. It leaves you thinking and exhausting your brain in a post- movie review. After seeing it, I think my mind goes on a very slight depressive state. I guess it also shows how good the film is. And it is. I’ve never felt this kind of emotion since watching Brokeback Mountain, a gay cowboy romance film, and Boyhood, an independently produced coming of age drama. Both were critically acclaimed in their own rights, and both had quite a lingering effect on me. Same is true with Call Me By Your Name. It is an exhilarating journey of emotions, of first love, of longing and uncertainty. American Film Institute (AFI) and the National Board of Review were unanimous in declaring CMBYN as one of 2017’s best film, and I didn’t dare disagree. Film critics and moviegoers both gave the film glowing reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 97 % approval rating, and
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As a Filipino moviegoer, I always feel like I am being deprived of seeing high caliber Filipino films. Gone are the days of filmmaking where filmmakers and movie producers were producing and making films for quality and artistic values. Now, all we see are conventional, repetitive, and boring films with the sole purpose of making money. For some film studios and producers, it’s all about business, and majority of Filipinos are trapped in this cycle of watching crappy films again and again. Fortunately, there is a growing number of Filipino filmmakers and movie studios who are brave enough to take risks by making quality independent film that are making waves internationally in terms of awards and recognitions. Also, there are lots of independent films in the past that managed to perform well in the box-office. Take ‘That Thing Called Tadhana’ for example. Out of two million peso budget, it went on amassing a staggering amount of one hundred and thirty four million peso in the box off
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