#luca film

[candykale]

Not me forgetting about a six-month old WIP that was 95% finished back in June... Well, better late than never ^_^’

[aftertheline]

took some doodle prompts from twitter !! :D

[frie-ice]

The Paguro Family from Pixar's Luca. I would have added in Uncle Ugo as well, but I had trouble finding the right render of him; but when people think of the Paguro family they don't always include him. (Don't ask me why as I don't know the main reason for it either.)

[ineptlydrawnnep]

Day 61

We're back to my Ship of the Week segment after the holidays furnally!!! This time, it's for an obscure film you could only get through purrating sites!:

'In Which Society Is A Dystopia Where Seadwellers Have to Hide From Landwellers. Two Young Violetbloods Get Out Of the Water, Hiding Their True Indentities, Befriend a Loudmouthed Rustblood, and Train To Win a Bike Race Together. One Of Them Gets Jealous and Tries To Out Himself Along With His Friend, but He Is Betrayed. The Bike Race Happens and They All Come Together Regardless, Forgiving Each Other, and the Town Accepts The Boys Even With the Realization of Their True Hue. There Is 11 Hugs and 6 Scenes With Prolonged Eye Contact.'

Karkitty drecommended me this film, and gave me a link! Through the end, I can now see why it'd be one he'd keep around. <:]

The story was so touching! Two boys hiding in a society that thinks they should not exist! One wants freedom from his opprssive lusii, the other just wants to stop being alone. They cling to each other as they hide among the land-dwellers, rooming in with their new jade-blooded companion, Giulia (another reject from this society as she stays away from her colony with her big lusus instead.).

It's purrty clear that the two boys were meant to be moirals to mewchother, but with their new furiend taking more attention away, Lberto starts feeling threatened! 33': He doesn't want to be left behind!

Jealousy makes him out himself, and try to out Luucah too! His furiend betrays him though... and Lberto becomes depuressed ;w; Luucah drealizes his mistake and tries to make up for it by winning their bike race alone! However, he gets put in danger of risking his identity!! And who comes to drescue him?

Lberto!!!! Even at his own safety's risk!! That's true drevotion! TwT They win! The town drefends them from jerks trying to kill them! And drespite Luucah leaving to go learn more things with Giulia, he purromises to come back and visit Lberto!

They may be sepurrating, but their love fur mewchother is clear! Watching the boys cry and hug made me and Karkitty tear up too!! It may not have crossed through to redrom in the movie, but we agree that with time that it has so much purrtential to do so <:33

It's a shame the film could not be shared more in the past, it's really sweet! :'o But of course, due to its controversial furntasy setting, it'd be hard for anyone to suggest it! I'm so glad Karkitty saved it, and watched it with me 💚

[swampyswan]

Luca - The Reveal Scene Analysis (SPOILERS)

I think one thing in Luca that made the moment of Alberto's reveal and Luca's betrayal so powerful is that it wasn’t contrived. I think what makes the Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure weaker in other stories is that the fight that breaks up the characters feels forced, and almost pointless considering the quickness with which they get back together. In Luca, it is a natural progression of the characters, where we can understand on a deeper level why this argument is taking place. It’s a culmination of Luca’s changing priorities clashing with Alberto’s insecurities.

Luca was in the wrong when he essentially turned on Alberto and feigned ignorance to avoid scrutiny. The scene certainly plays out like an “outing “ scene (even if you don’t interpret Luca as gay, that’s really what it was), and opened up Alberto to a ton of pain. Luca's main flaw is his fear; he wants to learn and explore the world, but his fear of exposure and discomfort comes into conflict with those things. He follows the lead of his parents, then Alberto, then finally learns to follow himself with his friendship with Giulia, which explores many of his true passions. Luca is defined by what others plan for him, and takes a back seat to the demands of others out of fear; fear both for his safety and fear of hurting those he loves. Alberto is perhaps the first person to make Luca want something different than what he's got.

However, Luca's meekness never quite goes away; he still becomes enamored by a status quo, by following what others tell him rather than what he himself wants. First it was his parents, and while he did make the choice of following Alberto, his new friend became the next biggest influence in his life. Despite how Alberto represents the freedom Luca wants, Alberto also is lonely and stubborn, and when Luca's ideals start to actually shift, Alberto takes it as a personal rejection of him.

Alberto and Luca's mom Daniela actually both represent two opposing forces in Luca's narrative; at first, Alberto's different lifestyle and adventurous spirit enables Luca's freedom and self discovery, unlike his mother who is restrictive and overprotective of him, but Alberto still reflects his mom in some ways. Like Daniela, once Alberto sees Luca changing in ways he doesn't like, Alberto tries to use the threat of danger and exposure to keep Luca from changing further when these changes go beyond what Alberto can handle emotionally. Both Alberto and Daniela are okay with Luca changing, but only in ways they are comfortable with—Alberto wants Luca to be at his side and encourages him to be braver and more outgoing but also fears losing Luca to anyone else and doesn't like Luca's shifting ideals, while Daniela was okay with the massive life change that is sending her son away to the Deep if it avoided the changes that came with him going away to the surface. Both assert that they know how the world is without actually being interested in hearing Luca's thoughts, and Luca realizing this is the point that both relationships end up in conflict. Both, at their most extreme moments, ignore how Luca feels but demand that he complies because of their bond with him (explicitly with Daniela, who pairs reminders that Luca knows she loves him with her increasingly restrictive behavior, and is at a loss when Luca chooses to run away instead; implicitly with Alberto, who relied on the assumed strength of his bond with Luca when exposing himself as a sea monster to try and force a wedge between Luca and Giulia, and feels betrayed when Luca does not follow his lead), and that is the point where Luca rejects their wants for his own wellbeing.

This also makes Giulia some kind of middle ground, in the sense that she has no high expectations of Luca. Giulia, like Alberto, is a peer who encourages Luca's interests, and, like Daniela, Giulia seems pretty enthusiastic about upholding a proper routine and encouraging Luca to do things correctly, (the whole training montage), but unlike either of them, she does not expect anything of Luca beyond friendship, as she already has her own support system (her parents), and, being a child, she has no such power over Luca to order him around. Daniela is motivated by being Luca's overprotective mother who, in the moment, was prioritizing her comfort of Luca's confirmed safety over his wants, while Alberto's loneliness and trauma makes him expect a greater deal of commitment from Luca than is realistic.

This is what drives him to side with Giulia over Alberto, basically taking the "easier" option of pretending to be a human rather than be honest and upfront with the truth. Luca's fear made him worried about challenging Giulia in the same way he rejected his mom's notion of him and, ultimately, how he challenges Alberto's, because of his wariness of humans in general. Rather than turn on Alberto, Luca should have been upfront with Giulia and explained everything so Alberto would realize she wouldn't feel any differently about them despite their differences, because, when she has a minute to calm down, Giulia proves to be very understanding of them.

However, in defense of Luca, Alberto forced the situation in the first place. Because of his growing envy of Luca and Giulia’s relationship, he basically tries to pull a ultimatum for Luca in this scene; either go to school and be friends with Giulia, or leave Portorosso with Alberto to travel the world. One or the other. Both of these choices each satisfy a specific goal of Luca’s; his desire for adventure and his desire to learn. However, the way Alberto pushes the situation - purposely scaring Giulia so that Luca sees her being scared of sea monsters, thus pushing him to side with Alberto out of fear of her retaliating - makes it clear that, to Alberto, the only "correct" choice would be for Luca to side with him.

He knows Luca fears exposure, but assumed he feared losing Alberto more, because that's how Alberto feels about Luca. He's shown twice in the film that, if his true form is revealed, Luca is still a higher priority, for better and for worse (the second example being the race, where, once he's revealed, he immediately reassures Luca and tries to fight Ercole). Hell, Ercole was throwing spears at him during this scene, but Alberto can only look heartbroken at Luca's reaction and barely notices being attacked.

But the thing is, the situation is nowhere near as urgent as Alberto made it out to be. It's a false dichotomy; who says that Luca and Alberto can't reach some kind of compromise? Why can't Luca go to school and drive the Vespa with Alberto? Why must the choice be one or the other? This whole argument wouldn't have happened at all if the two boys had been transparent with Giulia earlier, or at least if they'd talked about their feelings more openly between the two of them, and Alberto had just verbalized his jealousy. Instead, he lets it bottle up until it messes with his judgement and causes him to lash out. Alberto's own fears present the situation as if compromise is not a possibility so that Luca must choose one or the other, because what Alberto really wants is for Luca to pick him unambiguously to quell his insecurities about being unwanted or unlovable. Granted, this all stems from his own trauma about being abandoned, but still, it's a bit manipulative, even if I don't think it was intentionally manipulative (since Alberto is a kid and kids can be pretty irrational, just like Luca was being. I'm not trying to paint either kid as a villain).

Ultimatums rarely ever work, because, to the person giving the ultimatum, there is only really one choice presented that is satisfying in any way. Alberto presented two options in this scene, but he really wanted Luca to pick one specifically, and was opened up to rejection when Luca chose incorrectly. Alberto, unknowingly, was feeding into the same fear of human retaliation that Daniela had enforced in Luca his whole life, and that ultimately led to the betrayal.

Luca, throughout the film, has looked up to Alberto and followed his lead on everything, which is why I think this scene is shocking; We expected him to reluctantly side with Alberto and leave the town, so when he openly rejects that and "sides" with Giulia (who seems completely unaware that there are any "sides" to begin with, because this jealousy Alberto has is pretty one-sided and she sees both boys as her friends), Alberto, and the audience, is left shocked. Its Luca's independence from Alberto showing itself in the most heartbreaking way possible.

However, this is also what makes the reconciliation so powerful, too. During the race, we see both boys putting aside their gripes to help the other, and, while establishing their boundaries, ultimately give up something for the other, because they both realize that the other's happiness and safety matters more than their own fears. Alberto decides to help Luca to win the race, going against his own desires to just abandon the whole thing entirely and run away, because it matters so much to Luca. And Luca, finally, overcomes his fear of exposure even at the cost of his own safety (since Ercole now has no reason not to try and kill them), because to him, Alberto was truly worth exposure. Luca was willing to give up his dream to go to school to travel for Alberto, but Alberto gives up the Vespa for Luca. And, it makes too much sense for Alberto to convince Luca's mom to let him go to school; both of their developments involve loosening the reins and letting Luca follow his own path.

[artfilmaesthetics]

Taylor Russell photographed by Luca Guadagnino, 2022 🦴

[geminiscene]

josh o'connor and mike faist behind the scenes of challengers (2024) dir. luca guadagnino

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Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill and Peter Mayhew - Star Wars scene rehearsal (1976)

[filmreveries]

“If you only knew how little I know about the things that matter.”

Call Me By Your Name (2017) dir. Luca Guadagnino

[candykale]

Summer Reunion <3

[aftertheline]

giulia jane!!! 💖 pt.2 of my spiderman x luca-verse au, the mary jane to spiderluca :)

couple other bases by mellon_soup used!

[frie-ice]

This crossover logo was inspired by drawings and videos I have seen of Moana with Luca or Alberto.

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Josh O'Connor in Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers (2024)

[appleelevengreen]

can we talk about the details in challengers though bc yes the churro scene but patrick hooking a foot under the stool next to him so art will sit closer to him. patrick swiping through all the girls but taking a minute to swipe the guy on the app. the beds pushed together. the mirroring action of art spitting his gum in tashi's hand now and in patrick's hand then. everything, just everything.

[swampyswan]

On a scale from Alberto Scorfano to Satoko Houjou, how good are you with your totally platonic same gender friend going to school in a different town?

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George Lucas showing Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill how to use a blaster during filming of Star Wars (1977)