#33: I Am Love (Luca Guadagnino, 2009)

A married Russian-Italian mother finds a new passion for life when she meets a younger chef in Luca Guadagnino’s I Am Love (Io sono l’amore). Set in Milan at the onset of the new millennium, this love story tackles questions of change, insider/outsider dynamics, and identity against the bourgeois backdrop of the textile industry.

Plus, some quick news updates on the Toronto and New York Film Festivals. 

 

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This episode features the following music excerpts from the soundtrack by John Adams:

  • “The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)”
  • “First Movement (Excerpt)”
  • “Lollapalooza”
  • “Harmonielehre Part III: Meister Eckhardt and Quackle”

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