Distant

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hamid reza g A good movie is both enjoyable to watch and a movie that is noticed and stays in the mind. An unpretentious but powerful drama with a unique performance by both main actors, which shows a tactful direction. One of the attractive points of the film is the direction and cinematography. Another good point of the movie is the few dialogues, but appropriate. The film is a story of loneliness and alienation of people in today's life. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/28/23 Full Review Audience Member one of the best Turkish movie classics. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member That scene with Stalker on the tv screen really did this for me. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Tim G I don't mind slow and atmospheric and all that but jeez, this was snail-like. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/26/22 Full Review William L It feels as if films about isolation in a world of billions inevitably skew towards technology as the culprit, implying that there was some sort of idyllic balance before television and social media came along to chain everyone to some form of addictive content. Uzak takes a different, more universal stance on loneliness, largely independent of technology and more focused on clashes in personality, disillusionment, and emotional self-isolation. In their attempts to reach out and firmly graps some direct connection, Özdemir's Mahmut and Toprak's Yusuf only seem able to flail against the current, every day bleeding into the next as they observe others at a distance without the courage to take a decisive step. Bleak but riddled with cynical bits of humor, this is one of those films that may draw critics due to its slow pacing alone, but that tedium matches the thematic goals of the film and ends up reinforcing the development of the characters (or notable lack thereof). (3.5/5) Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/22 Full Review dave s Clearly inspired by the films of Andrei Tarkovsky (the opening scene looks like something from The Mirror and check out Tarkovsky's Stalker playing on the television), Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Distant is a visual wonder. Filled with lengthy takes and beautifully framed shots that are blocked to perfection, it is a pensive and ethereal examination of loneliness, obligation and longing. A photographer lives a lonely existence in an apartment in Istanbul, quietly missing his estranged wife, when a distant cousin arrives at his door seeking shelter until he finds employment. Their deteriorating relationship is meticulously dissected over the remainder of the film, leaving the viewer with the sense that we are sometimes doomed to live our lives in ways we never would have imagined. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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