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Although cinema came to Turkey in the late1890’s, the actual film production started much later. Encountering many difficulties from the shooting of the first film in 1914 up until now, Turkish Cinema has earned its existence today by original works produced by using its own resources. Despite all the economic shortfalls and lack of a legal framework within which to operate, thanks to the efforts of Turkish directors, script writers, actors, actresses and technicians, Turkish cinema has carved out a respectable position and succeeded in competing with the powerful foreign movie industry. Today Turkish cinema has come be an internationally recognized modern art enjoying a huge popularity in foreign countries, and in international film festivals, which frequently both recognize and award its success. See, http://www.mfa.gov.tr
In this course, we will study genres that reflect the important events and cultural phenomenon in Turkish culture and history. We will start with ‘koy/village’ films like Yilanlarin Ocu/The Vengeance of Serpents, continue with Turkish Melodramas, Erotic and Fantastic Turkish film of 1970’s, Nationalistic and prison films of 80’s, We will explore important themes such as ‘land lords’, ‘immigration’, ‘prison’, ‘hamam/ Turkish bath’,‘namus/virtue’, and the ‘gender roles’ in Turkish melodramas, which will reveal much information about the Turkish family and the social political structure in general. We will end with the Turkish Immigrant Cinema in Europe, which were co-produced with European filmmakers, namely films from Germany and Italy, such as “Hamam” by Ferhan Özpetek.
Days and Time: Tuesday and Thursday, 5:45-7:00.
Goodbody Hall 157 | 1011 East 3rd St. | Bloomington, IN 47405-7005 | Phone: (812) 855-2233 | Fax: (812) 855-7500 | ceus@indiana.edu