<P> In public places, the filmmakers set up faded political billboards to reflect the Italian general election in 1983, and re-created a newsstand full of magazines of that particular time . Guadagnino did not want the film to "look like a reflection on the 80s, (...) when it becomes period ." His team performed extensive research, with an assist from the residents of Crema, by entering people's houses and collecting their pictures of the' 80s . Chen Li, a Chinese woman who lives in Milan, served as graphic designer . She wrote the titles in the opening credits, in which the director used Xerox images of statues and placed them with Mr. Perlman's personal items . </P> <P> Costume designer Giulia Piersanti avoided using period costumes, and wanted to provide "a sense of insouciant adolescent sensuality, summer heat and sexual awakening" to the characters . Several costume pieces from the film were made from scratch . The costumes were influenced by the work in French films Pauline at the Beach (1983), A Tale of Springtime (1990), and A Summer's Tale (1996). She took inspiration from her parents' photo albums for the Perlmans' wardrobe . For Oliver's "sexy, healthy American" image, Piersanti referred to "some of Bruce Weber's earliest photographs ." His clothes change throughout the film as "he's more able to free himself ." Aiming to emphasize Elio's confident style, she chose several Lacoste costumes, and a distinctive New Romantic - looking shirt in the final scene . Elio's polo shirt and Fido Dido T - shirt came from her husband's closet . </P> <P> Guadagnino normally selects the music for his films himself . The director wanted to find an "emotional narrator to the film" through music, a "less heavy, less present, and more enveloping" way than voice and text . He was inspired by the work in Barry Lyndon (1975), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), and The Age of Innocence (1993). Guadagnino wanted the film's music to be connected to Elio, a young pianist who likes to transcribe and adapt pieces, in order to get close to Oliver . The music is used to reflect the time, the characters' family, level of education, and "the kind of canon they would be a part of". Guadagnino also researched what was popular on the radio that summer, so as to stay true to the time period . </P> <P> Guadagnino found that the lyricism of Sufjan Stevens' work resonated with him . The director initially asked Stevens to narrate the film through the older Elio's perspective, and record an original song for Call Me by Your Name, "almost as a break in the narrative". Stevens declined the voiceover role, and eventually contributed three songs to the soundtrack: "Mystery of Love", "Visions of Gideon", and a new rendition of "Futile Devices" with piano . Stevens took inspiration from the script, the book, and conversations with the director about the characters . He submitted the songs a few days before shooting began . Surprised by the result, the director listened to them with the actors and Fasano on - set . Call Me by Your Name marks Stevens' first contributions to a feature film soundtrack . </P>

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