Guadagnino has since said explicitly that the film is not a remake, but is instead an "homage" to the "powerful emotion" he felt when he first watched the original film: I was so terrified, but as always with something that terrifies you, I was completely pulled in.
Guadagnino sejak itu mengatakan secara eksplisit bahwa film itu bukan remake, tetapi sebaliknya merupakan "penghormatan" terhadap "emosi yang kuat" yang dia rasakan ketika pertama kali menonton film aslinya: "Aku sangat ketakutan, tetapi seperti biasa dengan sesuatu itu menakutkan Anda, saya benar-benar tertarik.