Once Upon A Time in Anatolia

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Eduard A The movie itself is a work of art because the director created a sense of drama using powerful source of light in darkness at light. The use of artificial and physical light in different settings gives us the impression that he worked on these scenes meticulously. One of the coolest point in the movie is the revelation of a mysterious murder, which is the main issue above all, to my point of view. I do not refer to the quest of corpse in the movie, but that of the beautiful woman who committed suicide after labour. Viewers have no idea what she looks like, but the main plot is based on her story. So this parallelism was very clever design. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/13/23 Full Review cem y This is a masterpiece which could be one of the examples for demonstrating what cinema is. Every shot in the movie is a beautiful photograph taken at a perfect place with a perfect angle. It is so realistic that one, who belongs to Anatolia, might need to visit his/her memoirs. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review david l I usually love the films of Nuri Bilge Ceylan, but Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is in my opinion one of his lesser works. This movie deals with so many themes – suicide, police work, obsession and some Russian literature elements are sprinkled throughout as well. But the movie ended up being too dense, structurally loose and as usual overlong. Some conversations are excellent and quite deep, but watching the movie as a whole, it failed to attach all of its diverse elements into a cohesive whole. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Cok guzel bir film. Heyecan dolu ama ayni zamanda cok sakin. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member This Turkish film, as films go, is long. But when it ended I was left with the wistful "But what comes next?" concerning numerous characters I had come to care about. Virtually every actor in the great ensemble cast was distinctly limned with depth so that they were clearly the centers of their own dramas, and not merely bit players in the protagonist's. The film is effortlessly atmospheric, in its use of natural light and darkness, in the sounds of the wind, the cars, the birds. No special effects needed here. It reminds me of my favorite scene from Spielberg's "Jaws," where Captain Quint recounts the sinking and aftermath of the battleship Indianapolis. Lit by a single, swinging, bare bulb, with listeners spellbound, eyes wide. Much of this film has that feel. For a movie with virtually no music, the soundtrack was nonetheless powerful and haunting. Based on only this film, director Nuri Bilge Ceylan has vaulted onto my list of great artists, and I cannot wait to see more of his work. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Eitan D This is the 3rd movie of the director that I'm watching and he keeps making great movies! This movie is very simple, about 15 men set up in 3 cars to look for a body that one of them confessed to killing. While the search goes on we're getting to know more about some of these men. It's nothing bombastic, one is fighting smoking, another has problems with family life (well, maybe more then just 1 man), someone has a weak minded brother that needs his care. It's all little things that many of us have to deal with through our life and this movie makes an astounding picture of it. P.s.- make sure to pay attention to the very 1st scene- when 3 men eating, the fat guy there i think gives the performance of the movie, so simple and yet so touching Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/08/21 Full Review Read all reviews

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