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lady wakasa
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:20 pm Reply with quote
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mirgun wrote:
For those of you in NY, , there's a tiny Turkish Film Festival going on through this weekend.The films are not in the the caliber of Fatih Akin's Head On (I don't think so anyway, I haven't seen them all ) but tonight I saw 'Mommo" a sweet and sad story about village life in middle Turkey, a sister and a brother, who's mother has died and the father remarries to a woman who does not want the children. The brother becomes the father, to his sister and she is everything in the world to him. A well made Turkish-rural-soap-opera..It 'was simple but moving little movie. if you're interested. here's the link
www.newyorkturkishfilmfestival.com


Hunh! I'm not 100% sure, but I might try to swing by Sunday. Thanks for that.

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Bright Star should have been called Fallen Star.


Star Light, Star Bright.
Not a star I wish to see tonight.

I hated Wendy and Lucy.

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mirgun
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:26 pm Reply with quote
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Hunh! I'm not 100% sure, but I might try to swing by Sunday. Thanks for that.[/quote

well since I haven't seen all of them, I'm reluctant to recommend any really, but, they might give one a different perspective. I don't know either but I'll see a couple of them.. being Turkish..

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billyweeds
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:13 pm Reply with quote
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Befade wrote:
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Bright Star should have been called Fallen Star.


I hated Wendy and Lucy.


Word.
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ehle64
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 12:45 am Reply with quote
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Dayum Marc. Not everyone has the luxury of being online 24 hours a day.

Going to read your message now. I responded.
Be back in the morning.
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Marc
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 12:50 am Reply with quote
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Wade,

I'm not online online 24 hours a day. I sent messages to you, Lorne and Marty.
To not receive a response in almost 24 hours from any one of you was frustrating.

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So, I guess you're back at work.

I am at my computer alot these days. Writing my book. I'll send you a link to my blog.
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Marc
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 12:53 am Reply with quote
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and if three moderators can't find the time to set up a new forum, perhaps we need a few more.
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Marc
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 12:55 am Reply with quote
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Wade, got your message. I'll work up an introduction for the forum. I'll keep it real simple.
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Syd
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 12:57 am Reply with quote
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I think I've seen two Turkish films, Head On (which I think was actually filmed in Germany), and "Turkish Star Wars." Head On was the better of the two, to say the least. I had a mixed reaction to the film but loved Sibel Kekilli.

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Marc
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:13 am Reply with quote
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A film you hate may not necessarily be a bad film. In fact, it might be an award winning film. It's not good bad or campy bad. It's hateful bad. It induces a gut level response that verges on nausea. It gets under your skin like a serious case of the crabs. It's the film equivalent of the swine flu. A film you hate sends you from the theater with an urgent and desperate need to take a shower. It is the exact opposite of a "feel good" film. The only upside to having seen a film you hate is the pleasure of letting the world know just how much you hated it. Here's your chance.

Coming soon FILMS I HATE. Moderators: Patch Adams and Howard The Duck.


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Syd
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:24 am Reply with quote
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It induces a gut level response that verges on nausea. It gets under your skin like a serious case of the crabs. It's the film equivalent of the swine flu.


Sounds like Seven.

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Marc
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:26 am Reply with quote
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Syd, don't tip your hand.
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gromit
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:07 am Reply with quote
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I keep almost picking up a copy of Howard the Duck. When that came out, I had a good friend who was creating a comic book, and he was excited. That didn't turn out well, but always left me wondering about the film.

Mirgun, I had a great holiday in Western Turkey* this past Summer. Istanbul is a seriously interesting, world-class city. People were very friendly all over. Ephesus is mind-blowing (as is raki). And as a bonus we caught the first few days of Ramadan in Istanbul at the end of our trip.

* From Istanbul, we circled north around the Sea of Marmara to Çannakale, down to Kusadasi and back up and across the Sea of Marmara.

I haven't seen too many Turkish films, but really liked Çeylan's recent Three Monkeys, which Ghulam wrote up last week. Didn't care for Iklimer much at all though. And I still need to unearth my Uzak disc. I seem to remember Kebab Connection being enjoyable. I liked/disliked parts of Head On, but it is powerful. Any other Turkish films you'd rec?

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marantzo
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 7:56 am Reply with quote
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Syd, it's good to know someone actually was as disgusted with Seven as I was. As I walked out of the theatre I swore that Fincher would never get another penny from me and he hasn't.

Mirgun, I spent a couple of weeks in Antalia, or is it Antalya, in 1993. My wife and I flew there from Israel with my friend who was living in Israel at the time. It was a charter flight for gamblers (I'm not one) and we stayed at a fabulous hotel outside the city. With a casino of course, back in the days when they allowed gambling. We had a wonderful time and spent a lot of it in the city. Excellent shopping and the people were very friendly. Inviting us in for coffee and giving us information about where the interesting places to go were etc. This was in the summer and the weather was great. Most of the people spoke English which was a surprise. Atatürk was a great man!

Like Jolson and Sinatra, Marc has risen from obscurity and is on top again.
billyweeds
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:06 am Reply with quote
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I can't wait to hear marantz on why he hates Se7en so much. I certainly think there were hateful things about it but am eager to hear them articulated. Save it for the forum.
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