Vefizoo
Joined Aug 2002
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It's hard for a viewer who's used to watching James Bond films to get into Süt. This is the second film of the "Yusuf Trilogy" written and directed by the talented Turkish director Yusuf Kaplanoglu and it precedes Yumurta, so you know what you're up to. Long shots, very little camera motion a very simple actual story, which doesn't have an obvious, Hollywood-like plot twist or ending.
On the other hand, it includes a very long story about the social change the "location" is going through and also a very long story about the change the main character has to face. This long story part is not told through any means of action of course, because basically everybody knows what a teenager has to go through. That part is left to the viewer, to be gained as impressions from the moving paintings of Kaplanoglu's film.
Süt is simply close to film as an art form. Multi-layered, pure, not filled with unnecessary dialogs. Sometimes an image on the background, sometimes an animal or sometimes even a bright light carries the flow of ideas. Viewer needs to think about it, read about it, maybe see it once more and after all these steps, may still like or dislike the film. That's a personal taste nobody can change in the end but this whole process is worth the effort.
Süt was -for me- more difficult to get into than Yumurta. Basak Koklukaya is close to perfect but Melih Selcuk is I think, not really up to the job he has in his hands. The third film of the trilogy will be Bal and will paint the childhood of Yusuf.
On the other hand, it includes a very long story about the social change the "location" is going through and also a very long story about the change the main character has to face. This long story part is not told through any means of action of course, because basically everybody knows what a teenager has to go through. That part is left to the viewer, to be gained as impressions from the moving paintings of Kaplanoglu's film.
Süt is simply close to film as an art form. Multi-layered, pure, not filled with unnecessary dialogs. Sometimes an image on the background, sometimes an animal or sometimes even a bright light carries the flow of ideas. Viewer needs to think about it, read about it, maybe see it once more and after all these steps, may still like or dislike the film. That's a personal taste nobody can change in the end but this whole process is worth the effort.
Süt was -for me- more difficult to get into than Yumurta. Basak Koklukaya is close to perfect but Melih Selcuk is I think, not really up to the job he has in his hands. The third film of the trilogy will be Bal and will paint the childhood of Yusuf.
Alright, so I hate to read reviews saying nothing but just personal feelings, but I gotta do it this time. Excuse me for once...
Cinema is a combination of other forms of art, most believe it's the sum of them and greater than all and I believe I have to agree with them.
I've never felt an emptiness, a desire to live and die together, any other way. So sincere, so intimate, so lovely put and played that "The Fountain" leaves you with a will to do nothing... Nothing but just live the movie, scene by scene, shot by shot in your head and you'll probably not have the courage to see it again soon...
One of the best movie experiences I have ever lived for some years...
Cinema is a combination of other forms of art, most believe it's the sum of them and greater than all and I believe I have to agree with them.
I've never felt an emptiness, a desire to live and die together, any other way. So sincere, so intimate, so lovely put and played that "The Fountain" leaves you with a will to do nothing... Nothing but just live the movie, scene by scene, shot by shot in your head and you'll probably not have the courage to see it again soon...
One of the best movie experiences I have ever lived for some years...
