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Crossing the bridge. The sound of Istanbul
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07 Jun 2006 Wed 04:26 pm |
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hi class 
i just saw at the cinema this film :" Crossing the bridge. The sound of Istanbul ". of Fatih Akin. it is a documentary film and i was very impressed by it... i was wondering if anyone else saw it and what do u think about it.
here is the film site :
http://www.crossingthebridge.de/
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http://www.crossingthebridge.de/english/fmusic.html
waiting for impressions 
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09 Jun 2006 Fri 03:32 pm |
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no one ?
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09 Jun 2006 Fri 04:18 pm |
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Is it some kind of music DVD? It's not available yet in the UK, so I don't know what I'll think of it.. but I see Sezen Aksu, so it must be nice 
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09 Jun 2006 Fri 04:48 pm |
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Quoting Chantal: Is it some kind of music DVD? It's not available yet in the UK, so I don't know what I'll think of it.. but I see Sezen Aksu, so it must be nice |
No it's a film which doesn't play in the 'commercial' cinemas, but more in the cultured ones. I haven't seen it yet, but I have the filmposter I stole it from the culture-classroom at school
It's not available on DVD yet in Holland (are you in UK now?), but it's in the cinemas now. After that, I think it will be available in dvd-shops as well.
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09 Jun 2006 Fri 05:41 pm |
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Hi Mara
Sorry for late reply
Yes, I saw it in February at FEST – Belgrade Film Festival and I was fascinated. My friends who went with me were also impressed – it was their first meeting with Turkish culture. Actually, I think that it is not enough seeing it only once. I'm waiting impatiently for DVD so I could enjoy it again and again.
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09 Jun 2006 Fri 11:15 pm |
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It was shown on TV a few months ago, but at first I didn't know it was made by Fatih Akın.
The sentence they use in the introduction is so true. If you want to know a culture or the country, listen to its music.
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10 Jun 2006 Sat 12:55 am |
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here it was also during a film festival : Transilvanian Film Festival ...
and this film impressed many people. For example, while going out from the cinema hall i heared next to me some guys talking ( they were around 25-30 years old )
one was saying to the other : can u realize i've been listening to musik all my life and i've never heared before of those trkish singers?? and they are here at only 1000 km away 
< this are the moments when i start feeling smart > 
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16 Jun 2006 Fri 10:26 am |
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Quoting Deli_kizin: Quoting Chantal:
It's not available on DVD yet in Holland (are you in UK now?), but it's in the cinemas now. After that, I think it will be available in dvd-shops as well. |
In the cinemas in Holland? Where? :O
I'm not in the UK, but I order my DVDs and CDs in the UK |
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16 Jun 2006 Fri 11:37 am |
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Quoting Chantal: Quoting Deli_kizin: Quoting Chantal:
It's not available on DVD yet in Holland (are you in UK now?), but it's in the cinemas now. After that, I think it will be available in dvd-shops as well. |
In the cinemas in Holland? Where? :O
I'm not in the UK, but I order my DVDs and CDs in the UK |
Hehe ok. Do you know Apeldoorn? It has a cinema called 'De Gigant'. They play it. It's kind of the cultural cinema of the city, so I expect other cities to play it as well in their cult-places. |
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16 Jun 2006 Fri 12:32 pm |
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But that's on the other side of Holland! I'll see if I can find it somewhere, thnx anyway!
update: It's shown in the Melkweg in Amsterdam as well.. I'm going to see it on the 26th of June
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16 Jun 2006 Fri 01:56 pm |
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Quoting Chantal: But that's on the other side of Holland! I'll see if I can find it somewhere, thnx anyway!
update: It's shown in the Melkweg in Amsterdam as well.. I'm going to see it on the 26th of June |
Hehe ok. If such a small provincial city as Apeldoorn has it, then multi-culti Amsterdam definitely too
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02 Aug 2006 Wed 10:25 pm |
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Hmm.. am I the only one who didn't like this film at all?.. It gave me a very negative feeling about Istanbul..
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08 Aug 2006 Tue 03:45 am |
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Quoting Chantal: Hmm.. am I the only one who didn't like this film at all?.. It gave me a very negative feeling about Istanbul.. |
Which negative feelings do you have?
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11 Oct 2006 Wed 03:34 pm |
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12 Oct 2006 Thu 12:00 am |
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9024840/site/newsweek/
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15 Oct 2006 Sun 05:01 pm |
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Quoting Chantal: Hmm.. am I the only one who didn't like this film at all?.. It gave me a very negative feeling about Istanbul.. |
I have no idea whatsoever how this movie can give you a negative feeling about Istanbul?? Some of the music you might not like maybe, or Alexander Hacke who takes us through the city and to the different musicians (he irritated me a bit now and then), but the city??
I just finished watching the movie, which is another evidence that Istanbul is a city of cultural richness, contrasts and variety on all kinds of levels, but in this case: music.
I loved the whole movie, but some scenes were really impressive: Baba Zula spending a day making music on a boat on the Bosporus; Ceza, an eMCee who apparently can rap without needing oxigen Very clever guy btw, not falling into the trap of trying to imitate American gangsta-rap. Why should he, he says, he's not American, he's living in Turkey, so in his raps he talks about the things he experiences in his own city.
Aynur Doğan, beautiful Kurdish singer, singing live in an old hamam (the acoustics!!) made my skin crawl and brought tears to my eyes. What a voice..
While Sezen Aksu is singing "Istanbul Hatırası", photo's by famous Turkish photographer Ara Güler are being shown. Oh, melancholy..
A remarkable and intriguing woman is the Canadian Brenna MacCrimmon. She was so fascinated by Turkish music, that she learned the language and now brings back to life ancient, sometimes forgotten Turkish songs. I wonder how long she's been living in Turkey, the way she sings, the way she speaks with the right accent, she really sounds Turkish (to me at least.. )
I will buy this movie, I'll probably buy all Fatih Akin's movies. Up till now, the guy has never disappointed me. I never thought it would be possible, but after seeing Crossing the Bridge, I'm even more in love with Istanbul than I was already!
Off now to stick a poster of Orhan Gencebay on my bedroom wall
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30 Oct 2006 Mon 11:11 am |
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Quoting Elisa: [Off now to stick a poster of Orhan Gencebay on my bedroom wall
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ehh everybody has different tastes...i respect u..but why especially bedroom wall? ummmm  i dunno ...its hard to think something romantic here..it must be  hehe do u like moustache?
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01 Oct 2007 Mon 08:39 am |
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This song is from the movie "Crossing the bridge - the sounds of Istanbul" and I really love it, it's so soothing...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSVQU3YANZI
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01 Oct 2007 Mon 08:59 am |
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Oops, late reply!
I didn't like it basically because it seems to me as if they just got some people off the street and let them play some music. (Apart from Sezen Aksu then..)
Somehow after I had seen it I didn't feel like going to Istanbul anymore (but which I love to do now of course ).
I can't exactly point down why I didn't like it, but it just didn't give me a good feeling about Istanbul :S.
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01 Oct 2007 Mon 10:35 am |
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I like this film because Mercan Dede featured in the movie is my cousin.
In one of the quoted articles Istanbul is mentioned as Turkish capital which is wrong. If you are writing an article on a movie describing the culture and music of a city you should at least know that that city is not the capital of the country.
I don't trust many of those critics. I once read an article that praised the music of Bueno Vista Social Club but she found the instrumentsa a bit out of tune. Did she watch the documentary carefully she would discover for herself that tuning instruments slightly off key is one of the most distinctive characteristics of the Cuban music.
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I am waiting for the dvd-release!