Luca Guadagnino talks to IndieWire about his William S. Burroughs adaptation 'Queer,' starring Daniel Craig, in a wide-ranging interview.

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

The actor stars in Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of a book by William S. Burroughs, playing an American in 1950s Mexico City who becomes besotted with a younger man.

All of that is there in Luca Guadagnino ’s Queer, the adaptation of the story. What’s different is the depiction of Lee and Allerton's profound, hallucinogenic experience while on ayahuasca and the movie’s full jump into the surreal with its epilogue.

Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey, who star as a gay couple in Luca Guadagnino’s highly anticipated Queer, recently opened up about the intimate scenes in the film. Set to release on November 27, Queer has already sparked controversy,