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Post by Starman on Nov 14, 2004 22:16:20 GMT 2
has anyone seen the film gora yet? film by cem yilmaz and what a film too, highly recommend it and very very funny too.
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Post by justforfun on Nov 14, 2004 23:14:44 GMT 2
yeah, i saw it tonight...i'm not necessarily the biggest fan of that movie category, but it is definitely recommendable. since it was written by cem yilmaz for cem yilmaz, it does get the feel of a 'cem yilmaz show in space'...but he is talented, so there is nothing wrong with that. the movie had a very high budget for turkish standards, and it shows in it's use of special effects and sound stages, however, there are still some very low-budget type of mistakes...i guess that can be forgiven as well knowing what the turkish movie industry is like. especially within the second half, i thought there were some periods where it was dragging out a bit and humor was not keeping the standard established in the first half. still, a milestone for turkish film.
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Post by Starman on Nov 15, 2004 9:05:13 GMT 2
I must admit to being a bit of a sci-fi buff so I was curious how Turkey would manage compared to others. Special effects were very impressive (for a turkish film) but like you said, did tend to drag in certain places. I did like the way he lit his ciggarette with the matrix move but where did he find the sunflower seeds he was eating whilst in an extra-terrestial prison? I have only ever seen one other turkish sci-fi film but that was a joke in itself (turkish star trek).
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Post by justforfun on Nov 15, 2004 12:50:37 GMT 2
not to be misunderstood, i like the sci-fi category, i'm just not a big fan of the type that make fun of other movies. there are just too many bad ones in that category. the sun flower seeds get exported world-wide, so they would also have them in gora! the emphasis is on the special effects being so impressive FOR A TURKISH FILM. there are just no serious and commercial attempts in that category in turkish film, so we get impressed easily of course. however, they did well for the budget. the special effects capabilities are there in turkey, they just focus on the commercials industry since there isn't real money in the film industry. once budgets start getting higher, we will see more of those capabilities. for that however, turkish film has to become commercially exportable. that hasn't happened yet.
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Post by Starman on Nov 15, 2004 14:33:11 GMT 2
true as I cant see GORA making any money outside of the turkish speaking audience.
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