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Günesi Gördüm (2009)
An ordinary and boring movie with one good message
About the movie: One of the messages of the movie which is the problem of Turks and Kurds is very useful and must be emphasized. Turks and Kurds are brothers and of the same team. Another message, which is the homosexuality doesn't have anything to do with the movie's general outline and I still can't understand, why it is there. Most probably in order to gain the Western audience's admiration. The funny part is about Norway. I don't know if the Norwegians somehow paid for the movie but there couldn't be any better propaganda for the country. I also live in Europe and we all know that Norway is not paradise and has other (maybe not financial or material issues but definitely social and pertaining to the Norwegian behaviour to foreigners) problems.
About its Oscar-candidacy: Well the West does like topics like homosexuality, political instabilities in a non-Western country (Oscar is quite political sometimes) and especially the well-known sun-symbolism. I don't know if Mahsun Kirmizigul also became part of the so-called Hollywood-initiation, but it can hardly be a coincidence that the sun is so emphasized in the movie. I don't really believe that it is going to get the prize.
Anne ya da Leyla (2006)
A modern interpretation of the great legend of the east
This movie looks a little bit "uncomplicated" at first sight, but it is not that easy. It criticizes the degeneration of the modern world with a strong language. Criticizers of the criticizers of the modern world will think, that it is one of the other middle-age movies. But this movie tries to emphasize something: The ideas of Platon appear when we fall in love (platonic love). Falling in love requires a perfect object and its consequence is moving to the spiritual perfection. This is why in the original story Majnun doesn't recognize Laila. She says to him: "I am your Laila. Why don't you recognize me?" And he answers: "If you are Laila in deed, who is the one in my heart? If the one in my heart is Laila, who are you?" This is a platonic thought about love and has to be esteemed highly, which the movie tries to represent. On the other side we see the modern life and its people's degeneration..
One of the many problems of the modern world is, that it isn't in love with the other side anymore. On the other hand it cannot get separated either, because it is impossible. So the crisis begins. Metaphysics are tried to get avoided. Religion, virtue, love are being carried into the emptiness of relativity and scepticism. This movie emphasizes these points by reflecting the contrast between the old times and the modern times. Our Majnun symbolizes the old times, purity and love. Laila symbolizes the modern world, rationality, degeneration and impurity.
My final words: It is worth to see.
La tigre e la neve (2005)
Inexplicable with words
What a splendid magnum opus! Am I seeing the reconciliation of the western and of the Muslim world on the horizon? Should I believe in this very beautiful possibility, although there are so many people who cause wars on the earth? I thought yes watching this movie. I believed in the superiority of love and wisdom to primitivity, the so-called "power" and evil. Because of the dialog between De Giovanni and Al-Guimeilli, and their understanding of each other in a very deep level without having to use any words.. Poets.. Hikhmah.. Wisdom.. And of course Love.. Il giro.. il cielo.. zucchini.. Al Guimeilli's pretending to be blind, not to hurt his wife. Nobility. Poetry. Merciful God. Bi't tawfik Roberto Benigni!
Wo hu cang long (2000)
movie reflecting perennial wisdom (sophia perennis)
I think this movie was excellent. This has many reasons. The most obvious of them, is that it reflects the perennial wisdom, which is quite forgotten in the modern world. The modern man, who grows up in a secularized and desecrated world forgot the meanings of virtue and This movie just reminds us, how beautiful the world and especially how beautiful virtuous people can be. It is an eastern but universal wisdom which speaks out in this opus magnum. As a Muslim, I really found some sacred elements referring to God in this movie. All the modern world has to see it, in order to get enlightened in the right way and not in the modern way.
Last but not least, this movie talks to your heart, to your mind and to your soul. Just like in the old days of beautiful tradition.
Pars: Kiraz Operasyonu (2007)
Useful movie to fight drugs
The very problem with the drugs is, that people think it is a toy. They play and leave. But in fact it isn't that way.
That's why these movies are useful. Because the only way to fight drugs, is to arouse a consciousness in the society about them. Otherwise there will be more and more victims. People are weak when it comes to such things.
Drug business is related to power and you cannot expect, that this specific field would be ignored by people who seek power.
On the other hand, the movie criticizes the global popular culture which is misleading and misguiding young generations in all over the world. Their way of "fun" is like alcohol, drugs and sexual relations. It is degenerating and destroying the essence of the society. This process can be observed in many countries, not only in Turkiye.