i watched a wonderful film last night: \u2018winter sleep\u2019 by nuri bilge ceylan, one of my favorite directors. it\u2019s 3 hours long but one doesn\u2019t get bored for a second. there are so many unforgettable scenes with uncontrived yet constantly engaging talk, their intimacy and small, fleshed-out details contrasted with the vastness and breathtaking beauty of snow-covered cappadocia, a region where houses are carved into rock.
the cinematography is gorgeous, as always (watch \u2018once upon a time in anatolia\u2019), the acting seamless. as justin chang said in his excellent review: \u2018the supreme visual achievement of \u201cwinter sleep\u201d may well be the beauty it finds in the crags and contours of its actors\u2019 marvelously expressive faces.\u2019
ceylan is a genius. the subtlety with which he paints places and people, the way he lights a room, the easy exchange between characters where the difference in their social status or the years of conflict and bitterness between them begin to surface ever so gently.
he co-wrote the script with his wife ebru ceylan. it\u2019s a character study inspired by chekhov\u2019s short story, “the wife\u2019\u201d and one of the subplots in dostoyevsky\u2019s \u201cthe brothers karamazov\u201d. justin chang: \u2018what\u2019s remarkable is the manner in which the script steers away from run-of-the-mill plot mechanics in favor of a more revealing and no less absorbing immersion in the conversations \u2014 long, glorious, generously overflowing, superbly sculpted and acted conversations\u2019.
and then there\u2019s schubert\u2019s piano sonata no. 20, the only music played in the film, just a few times. perfection. it fills one with muted sadness and seemed to connect back to something. so i researched. one of the reviews mentioned it was a nod to bresson\u2019s \u2018au hasard balthazar,\u2019 one of the saddest and most beautiful films i\u2019ve ever seen.
a masterclass in filmmaking.
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