Movie review score
5
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ( 2011 ) Turkish
There couldn't be any such director who could talk more visually and one who creates more impact to the eyes then the heart. And for very reason This legend movie maker Nuri Bilge Ceylan always remain in my top list when it comes to visually stunning films.A murder with few detectives , prosecutor and a government appointed doctor undertake a journey through mountains in search of dead body of the victim to close up the case while the murder confessed himself about the killing but the hard part is that he forgot the exact place where he dumped the body as being heavily drunk during the incident. Being a huge terrain in Anatolian steppes with every curves n bends look very similar , it becomes a nightmare for the search team to exactly identify the location and a journey which started few yards now takes them on a longest and unforgettable ride they could ever imagined. While the story rest asides at one end , the other side is the breezy air , that cool shades of trees dancing with the breeze at night , that train passage at hilltop or the water reservoir at every bend , all these small frames catches up to us giving us a complete feel good experience throughout the film. Nuri always imprints his nativity in all his films giving us a glimpse of people lifestyle where the film was shot and he rather believes in making viewers experience that virtual beauty by themselves and to travel along with the movie. With hardly no or very few BGM scores here and there , but solely relying on natural sounds blending itself to the visuals makes this movie unique. A movie to be experienced and not to be missed.
There couldn't be any such director who could talk more visually and one who creates more impact to the eyes then the heart. And for very reason This legend movie maker Nuri Bilge Ceylan always remain in my top list when it comes to visually stunning films.A murder with few detectives , prosecutor and a government appointed doctor undertake a journey through mountains in search of dead body of the victim to close up the case while the murder confessed himself about the killing but the hard part is that he forgot the exact place where he dumped the body as being heavily drunk during the incident. Being a huge terrain in Anatolian steppes with every curves n bends look very similar , it becomes a nightmare for the search team to exactly identify the location and a journey which started few yards now takes them on a longest and unforgettable ride they could ever imagined. While the story rest asides at one end , the other side is the breezy air , that cool shades of trees dancing with the breeze at night , that train passage at hilltop or the water reservoir at every bend , all these small frames catches up to us giving us a complete feel good experience throughout the film. Nuri always imprints his nativity in all his films giving us a glimpse of people lifestyle where the film was shot and he rather believes in making viewers experience that virtual beauty by themselves and to travel along with the movie. With hardly no or very few BGM scores here and there , but solely relying on natural sounds blending itself to the visuals makes this movie unique. A movie to be experienced and not to be missed.
