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It’s the Toronto Film Festival time (September 4 – 13, 2008) here in the city of Toronto and yes, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s new film “Three Monkeys” (Üç maymun) is playing at the festival. Who is Nuri Bilge Ceylan? He is one of my favorite film directors and photographers from Istanbul. He won “Best Director” award [...]
I’ve been meaning to write about one of my favorite photographers of Istanbul for months and months now but to write about him requires more depth of thought, the studying of his photographs and some research. Nicknamed the “Eye of Istanbul”, his name is Ara Güler of Beyoglu, Istanbul. If there ever was a photographer [...]
Bravo! To Istanbul filmmaker and photographer, Nuri Bilge Ceylan who has just won the Best Director award at the Cannes film festival for his newest film “Three Monkeys”. Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s previous films, “Uzak” (Distant) and “Iklimler” (Climates) – both movies which I have seen and loved is a major contributor to the rebirth of [...]
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