“Every time we eat flesh, we’re eating the body of someone who didn’t want to die”: Author Camille DeAngelis shares her thoughts on Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of Bones and All

As 1973 cult classic Soylent Green somewhat predicted, 2022 has become the year of cannibalism. It started out with Fresh at Sundance, then followed the international release of the French comedy, Some Like It Rare, and then there’s the re-examination of historical cases on streaming services. Even cross-cinema retrospectives conspicuously included Trouble Every Day and Fried Green Tomatoes. The cherry on top of this anthropophagic cake is undoubtedly Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All, which has charmed select festival audiences ahead of its release at the end of November.

The horror romance stars Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet as young man-eaters on the road, finding solace in one another.

Adapted by David Kajganich (who previously collaborated with Guadagnino on A Bigger Splash and Suspiria), the feature is based on the young adult novel by Camille DeAngelis. We spoke to the American author about the unusual choice of genre for a story about cannibals, the differences between the book and the screenplay, and which themes she not only wanted preserved but made more explicit in the film.

Selina Sondermann

Bones and All is released on 25^th November 2022.

Watch the trailer for Bones and All here: