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Spoiler Alert: This blog is about the movie, Call Me by Your Name

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Spoiler Alert: This blog is about the movie, Call Me by Your Name This is a very interesting movie on many levels.  The scenery is divine I don't know exactly where they are but the scenery, the town and just the peace of it all seem quite magical.  Makes you want to dream of sneaking away to Italy and escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life. The movie is set in the early 80's.  A time when it was still unusual or hard for some to come "out" in most of the world including the USA.  Where common, even in big cities, was to live one life at work or with family and then escape to reality on the weekends.  Or maybe, sad to say as someone who came out in the 80's, the escape was being gay and true to yourself on weekends outside of the office and away from family. I wonder how the world sees the movie as Frank and I saw it differently.  See, Frank enjoyed the scenery and the younger man, Elio, but felt Oliver, the older American was not as beli