Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming film Queer has been banned in Turkey for being “too provocative,” a move that Guadagnino said was done by those who wish to tarnish the powers of cinema. Guadagnino spoke about the move while at the jury press conference for the Marrakech Film Festival (via Variety).

I know the story of Queer well — the book itself, the circumstances of it being written, and the mythology that preceded the publication of it, the “lost” William Burroughs manuscript. And so I was truly dreading seeing Luca Guadagnino’s $53 million Queer,

Luca Guadagnino said on Saturday at the Marrakech Film Festival that he'll be 'happy' if people download "Queer" in Turkey where it's been banned.

Despite his latest film being censored, Luca Guadagnino remains cautiously optimistic about the power of filmmaking. After a screening of Queer was banned in Istanbul earlier this month, the Oscar-nominated director vowed to “fight any institution that wants to tarnish” cinema while speaking at the Marrakech International Film Festival,

The director detailed his ambitions around the William S. Burroughs novella while the actor known for playing James Bond praised the daring script.

Director Luca Guadagnino has made it clear he will be standing up to the ban on and censorship of his latest film, ‘Queer’, promising, “I’m going to fight”.