The Last Emperor
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İzmir sinema ve müziğe doyacak
Bu yıl üçüncüsü düzenlenen İzmir Uluslararası Film ve Müzik Festivali, yarın gece yapılacak açılış töreniyle start alıyor. 23 Haziran’a kadar sürecek etkinlik boyunca 100 uzun metraj, 20 kısa metraj film seyirciyle buluşacak, gösterimlerin yanı sıra konserler, plak dinletisi ve usta isimlerle söyleşiler düzenlenecek. 10 filmin katıldığı ‘Ulusal Yarışma’nın jüri başkanlığını ise Zuhal Olcay yapacak.
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Woody Allen New York’a geri dönüyor!
Woody Allen’ın 6 yıl sonra New York’a geri döndüğü filmi “Dönme Dolap”, 50’ler Amerika’sında geçen hüzünlü ve melankolik bir aşk hikâyesi. Jake Gyllenhaal’u bu yılki Oscar yarışına üst sıralardan sokacak görünen “Pes Etme”, devam komedisi “Eyvah Annem Dağıttı! 2”, sevimli animasyon “Ferdinand” ve oyuncularıyla dikkat çeken “Martıların Efendisi”, haftanın diğer seçenekleri.
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Japanese films scoop the Asian Film Awards
HONG KONG - Japanese films dominated the annual Asian Film Awards ceremony in Hong Kong, scooping best picture, best director and best actor titles, and halting South Korea's stranglehold over the event. 'Tokyo Sonata,' a portrait of the breakdown of a Japanese family, won the best film award
The last sultan!
Did you have a chance to see Bernardo Bertolucci’s "The Last Emperor"? It is a dramatic history of Aisin-Gioro "Henry" Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
Remembering an Ottoman grand vizier who was far ahead of his times
ISTANBUL - Grand Vizier Ali Paşa is known to have called Ahmet Vefik Paşa a 'living library' and someone who would have made a good grand vizier under Sultan Süleyman. Ahmet Vefik Paşa is remembered more for his interest and contribution to the arts than his work as a politician and sultan’s grand vizier
Gowariker’s epic love film sweeps ’Bollywood Oscars’
MACAU - Indian director Ashutosh Gowariker’s love epic ’Jodhaa Akbar,’ a film about a Muslim and his love affair with his Hindu wife, swept the Bollywood Oscars on Sunday, taking Best Picture, Best Director and Best Male Actor. ’When I started this movie, I was advised by all my friends not to make this film,’ said Gowariker. Another top award of the night went to former Miss World Priyanka Chopra.
Aqueducts-an ancient method of replenishing water supplies
ISTANBUL -Practically everybody in Istanbul at one time or another passes through the narrow arches of the aqueduct built over 1,600 years ago by the Byzantine Emperor Valens. Built in the latter half of the fourth century AD The Valens Aqueduct, or the Bozdoğan Aqueduct in Turkish was a main source of fresh water for the city
Saying ’I love you’ with Ottoman nuance
ISTANBUL - The concept of love among the Ottomans, particularly within the imperial Ottoman family, has been examined only rarely in modern times. The issue is a very complex one that requires a firm grasp of the Ottoman Turkish language and literature, and an understanding of Ottoman culture.
20 years to put the ’grand’ back into the Grand Mabeyn
ISTANBUL - The Grand Mabeyn within the Yıldız Palace complex has been undergoing careful renovations for 20 years and the restoration is finally complete. All that remains to be done is assembling the furniture and interior decor within the old building, which used to host heads of state during the latter years of the Ottoman Empire
