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Mandatory Viewing
JennyC:
I am just bumping some old threads for the new members here. Hope you enjoy reading it.
Aloysius J. Gleek:
And bumping with an old (rusty) member--
Something I think many will really feel 'Mandatory Viewing' (and something I think, Barb, you will love):
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119248/
'Steam' (1998), directed by Ferzan Ozpetek
(also known as)
'Steam: The Turkish Bath' (1998)
'Hamam' (1997)
Bagno turco, Il (Italy)
Hamam: The Turkish Bath (UK)
Hamam: el baño turco (Spain)
Actors: Alessandro Gassman (gorgeous), Francesca d'Aloja, Carlo Cecchi, Halil Ergün, Serif
Sezer, Mehmet Gunsur (more gorgeousness), and more--
I've added this User Comments:
4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Find your place in life -- mesmerizing!, 3 July 2002
Author: Tim Evanson ([email protected]) from Washington, D.C.
An official selection of the Cannes Film Festival, "Steam (The Hamam)" is a mesmerizing, astounding film that grips you almost from the beginning. Francesco and Marta are a feuding, materialistic, adulterous married couple. But when Francesco inherits a Turkish bath from an aunt he barely knew, he heads to Instanbul to sell it. There, he is seduced away from his high-tech, wealth-obsessed life by the slow, human pace of life led by the people of the ghetto. Francesco finds his bitterness salved by the love of the family who manages the hamam, his heart stolen by the family's hunky son Mehmet, and his too-fast life slowed by the need to rebuild and maintain the hamam. And then Marta arrives, wondering what the heck has gotten into her husband... The film even has a surprise ending. The musical soundtrack was a major hit on the dance circuit. And the film itself became notorious when the Turkish government refused to nominate it for a best foreign film Oscar because of its homosexual content. (The controversy led the Academy to change the way foreign films are nominated.) "Steam" is MUST-see, ranking right up there with "Muriel's Wedding" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral."
John G again: my own words are inadequate because I am still unable to write very well, but I think you will love this movie: sad, beautiful, shocking; I loved this movie more than I can say--
xxxx
John
ednbarby:
[bumpin' right back atcha]
John, my love, I've seen this movie. And you're right. I did love it! And I agree that it falls in the "Mandatory Viewing" category as well.
How goes it with you these days, by the way? I think of you often and hope you're doing well. :-*
starboardlight:
--- Quote from: jmmgallagher on June 29, 2006, 12:44:48 am ---And bumping with an old (rusty) member--
Something I think many will really feel 'Mandatory Viewing' (and something I think, Barb, you will love):
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119248/
'Steam' (1998), directed by Ferzan Ozpetek
(also known as)
'Steam: The Turkish Bath' (1998)
'Hamam' (1997)
Bagno turco, Il (Italy)
Hamam: The Turkish Bath (UK)
Hamam: el baño turco (Spain)
Actors: Alessandro Gassman (gorgeous), Francesca d'Aloja, Carlo Cecchi, Halil Ergün, Serif
Sezer, Mehmet Gunsur (more gorgeousness), and more--
I've added this User Comments:
4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Find your place in life -- mesmerizing!, 3 July 2002
Author: Tim Evanson ([email protected]) from Washington, D.C.
An official selection of the Cannes Film Festival, "Steam (The Hamam)" is a mesmerizing, astounding film that grips you almost from the beginning. Francesco and Marta are a feuding, materialistic, adulterous married couple. But when Francesco inherits a Turkish bath from an aunt he barely knew, he heads to Instanbul to sell it. There, he is seduced away from his high-tech, wealth-obsessed life by the slow, human pace of life led by the people of the ghetto. Francesco finds his bitterness salved by the love of the family who manages the hamam, his heart stolen by the family's hunky son Mehmet, and his too-fast life slowed by the need to rebuild and maintain the hamam. And then Marta arrives, wondering what the heck has gotten into her husband... The film even has a surprise ending. The musical soundtrack was a major hit on the dance circuit. And the film itself became notorious when the Turkish government refused to nominate it for a best foreign film Oscar because of its homosexual content. (The controversy led the Academy to change the way foreign films are nominated.) "Steam" is MUST-see, ranking right up there with "Muriel's Wedding" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral."
John G again: my own words are inadequate because I am still unable to write very well, but I think you will love this movie: sad, beautiful, shocking; I loved this movie more than I can say--
xxxx
John
--- End quote ---
I really love that movie. It depicts such a romantic view of Istanbul and puts the city on my list of places to visit. And the soundtrack CD is beautiful, a must own for people who love world music. Despite being a hit in the dance world, it's not dance music. It's a very old world sound but very sexy and aching rhythm.
silkncense:
I'd been wondering if I should join a movie service such as Netflix, questioning if I knew enough great films to make a large enough que. Well, after reading all these suggestions I've found many I have not seen. I trust I will find many more movies to love.
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