Post by Capo on Apr 7, 2007 14:09:44 GMT
Mayis sikintisi
Clouds of May
Nuri Bilge Ceylan 1999 Turkey
A filmmaker from living in Istanbul returns to his home village to make a film, and casts locals and family.
Tranquil and beautiful, a mix between very observant realism and an artistic, personal, poetic aesthetic. Fascinating to watch because the film being made within the film develops into one which very closely resembles Ceylan's previous film, Kasaba, and, in the "reality" outside that film is a precursor for his follow-up, Uzak, in which an unemployed drop-out from a rural village (Emin Toprak in both films) visits his filmmaker cousin in Istanbul (played by Muzaffer Özdemir in both films) in the hope of finding work. Visual composition is captivating without ever being excessive, recurring authorial motifs are present but subtle, and the overall structure is casual yet solid, a development upon Kasaba and toward Uzak. Excellent.
Clouds of May
Nuri Bilge Ceylan 1999 Turkey
A filmmaker from living in Istanbul returns to his home village to make a film, and casts locals and family.
Tranquil and beautiful, a mix between very observant realism and an artistic, personal, poetic aesthetic. Fascinating to watch because the film being made within the film develops into one which very closely resembles Ceylan's previous film, Kasaba, and, in the "reality" outside that film is a precursor for his follow-up, Uzak, in which an unemployed drop-out from a rural village (Emin Toprak in both films) visits his filmmaker cousin in Istanbul (played by Muzaffer Özdemir in both films) in the hope of finding work. Visual composition is captivating without ever being excessive, recurring authorial motifs are present but subtle, and the overall structure is casual yet solid, a development upon Kasaba and toward Uzak. Excellent.