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.

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,

After Mubi Fest Istanbul was canceled last minute over the governor's censorship of the film, 'Queer' director Luca Guadagnino spoke out.

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, whose latest film "Queer" was banned in Turkey last month, called out authorities for "obtuse censorship" and pledged to fight the institution that wants to tarnish the "inevitable powers" of cinema.