I think in order not to be generic why don’t we set this in a micro-America, a place that can work as the part for the whole. I’m more interested in the behavior of these people. When they talked to me about it, the first thing I said was I’m less interested in the topic as a sort of starting point. Lorenzo Mieli and Paolo Giordano and Francesca Manieri had developed a concept about the life of teenagers today vis-à-vis gender fluidity in American suburbia. The greatness of doing TV is that if there’s a good outcome, this can come back, which would be beautiful to me. I truly love all the characters in this show.
I have sort of a penchant for bringing back to life characters that I love. This is a series and it depends on how it clicks with an audience if we will see these people again. It feels like a movie to me, but I enjoyed the episodic-ness of the story.
I feel like on the one hand that this is a new film of mine. How would you describe “We Are Who We Are”? Is it a TV series, a longer narrative feature, a miniseries?
Guadagnino spoke to Variety shortly after the first trailer for “We Are Who We Are” was released.
