Comments on: Turkey Cinemascope

Turkey Cinemascope

ztdavis — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:12:10 -0800

Turkey Cinemascope is a series of dramatic photographs from director Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Shot all across Turkey, he used them to record locations he was scouting for his films. Many are panoramic, some are epic, others intimate, and all are beautiful. (via and via)

By: ztdavis

ztdavis — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:24:35 -0800

I haven't seen any, but judging by a trailer for one of his movies, they're similarly beautiful.

By: nathancaswell

nathancaswell — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:26:07 -0800

These look just like shots from Uzak (Distant), only instead of being panoramas, they are just slow pans. I want to like his films more than I actually do. The photography is gorgeous though. And the porn/Tarkovsky scene is great.

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:16:40 -0800

Lovely post, ztdavis! I have many friends who rave about that Turkey's haunting allure, and you've proved them right!

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:18:20 -0800

er--- disregard the "that" from the above sentence, if you please...

By: planetkyoto

planetkyoto — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:13:13 -0800

A really beautiful set of photographs. Thanks for the find, ztdavis.

By: dhruva

dhruva — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:40:44 -0800

wow. Great post, thanks

By: johnny novak

johnny novak — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:59:30 -0800

great post, saw the exhibition at the National Theatre, great to discover they're online as well.

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:00:09 -0800

Thanks for this - I'm currently reading The New Life by Orhan Pamuk which largely takes place in buses going all around Turkey - it's nice to have some visual information to match up with the story.

By: gravelshoes

gravelshoes — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:31:39 -0800

Great stuff - I'm a big fan and I want one. Uzak is a very special film - see it if you ever get the chance, preferably in a cinema.

By: gravelshoes

gravelshoes — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:35:31 -0800

and if you're interested, I suspect these were taken with a Hasselblad Xpan, an equally desirable object.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:03:38 -0800

gorgeous - thanks!