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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia [DVD]

Muhammet Uzuner , Y lmaz Erdo an , Nuri Bilge Ceylan    Suitable for 15 years and over   DVD
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Muhammet Uzuner, Y lmaz Erdo an, Taner Birsel
  • Directors: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: Turkish
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: New Wave Films
  • DVD Release Date: 9 July 2012
  • Run Time: 157 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B007N6XLHI
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 8,546 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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An epic and rigorous tale of a night and day in a murder investigation, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is a beautifully photographed crime drama about police and prosecutors locating a buried body through one long night in the Anatolian steppes. In the short prologue three men are drinking and talking. Then a convoy of cars is travelling around the countryside at night as one of the men seen earlier is trying to remember where a body was buried. After several false leads and a rest in a remote village, the body is finally discovered early the next morning. In the course of the long investigation the characters and hidden thoughts of the main protagonists are gradually themselves exhumed.

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful film, misleading reviews 4 Nov 2012
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The reviews quoted on the sleeve of this DVD give a totally misleading impression of the nature of the film. "A thriller as challenging as Antonioni's Blow-up..." says The Observer; "Murder mysteries rarely run so deep" says Time Out.
This is NOT a thriller and it is NOT a murder mystery, and I'm concerned that people might end up disliking it simply because it's not what they were led to expect. Even The Guardian's description of the film as "stunning" and "exhilarating" is a bit deceptive, because this is much more slow-burning than those words suggest.
There's not much plot, not much action, not much suspense and not much mystery, but the absence of these ingredients clears the way for a constant stream of understated visual poetry, a warm glow of human sympathy, a recurrent vein of unforced humour and a quiet, humble dignity that would not otherwise make themselves heard. The pleasure is in the journey, not in the destination.
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33 of 36 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars unsettling, atmospheric and utterly gripping 21 May 2012
Format:DVD
The storyline could be something taken from a Coen brothers film and at times this does have a sprinkling of the same wit and the same obscure, existential intentions- particularly of the more recent work. However, there is little that seems worthy of comparison with what this film manages to achieve, with the sometimes stark, sometimes magical beauty of its photography.

The film is shot for the most part at night and so the locations within which they attempt to track down the victim's corpse are steeped in an other worldliness, not really belonging to places we might immediately recognise and yet still full of the minutiae of human drama- the death of a friend's wife, buffalo cheese (or is it yoghurt?), a child's medication- all unfolding around the incidence of a brutal murder, the motive of which is never fully explained.

The final shot- which I will not describe for fear of lessening its effect- is simply haunting and I get goose-bumps thinking of it even now.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars No need to shout... 13 July 2012
By stylepuppy TOP 100 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
Most murder mysteries take you on a journey to find the criminal, this one introduces the murderers within the first few minutes and then sets off to find the victim. The killers, who appear to have murdered their victim in a drunken stupor, can't remember where they've left the body and so a fractious band of men, including the police chief, a doctor, soldiers and local prosecutor, spend all night searching the deserted countryside by the light of their headlamps trying to locate it. The story, such as it is, is only a ruse to spend time with these men - and it's very much about men as barely a female voice is heard throughout the movie. As these men bicker and talk, mostly about banalities, they slowly reveal themselves, all their petty rivalries and hierarchies, their frustrations and occasionally their moral indignation at the events they're immersed in.

On paper, it sounds like the perfect arthouse-snob's movie - it's Turkish, it's over two and a half hours long, nothing really happens, people talk a lot, the central crime isn't really what it's about and it even had the temerity to win at Cannes - but don't let any of that put you off. On screen, it's luminous with moments of jaw-dropping cinematography, much of it shot at dusk when they must have had minutes to catch a shot before the light went, and there are some setups that must have taken forever to get right - just how many apples did they roll down that hill?

Slight spoiler alert! The last line of dialogue comes some minutes before the end and, like much of the movie before it, is somehow banal and profound at the same time. The minutes that follow contain no dialogue but are far from silent - we hear the sounds of childhood and of death, while onscreen we watch a middle-aged man reluctantly cross a one-way divide somewhere between the two. It's certainly not for everybody, but for those with the patience it's one of those slow-burn movies that's still smouldering in your mind days after you see it. Highly recommended.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars Why does the film get such good reviews?
I can't understand why this film has got such good reviews, the story is simple, the acting is mediocre, and there is no real twist to speak of. Read more
Published 13 hours ago by Sean
4.0 out of 5 stars Death somewhere outside paradise
There's been a murder. The body is buried somewhere in the Turkish countryside. A laughably large group of local officials has been gathered to escort the murderers to the corpse. Read more
Published 3 days ago by R. J. Harvey
1.0 out of 5 stars What's occurring?
Quickly fell into a catatonic strance and was not raised from the dead until just before the end when my cat demanded some food, if you like pondering on why a canvas painted blue... Read more
Published 2 months ago by HoHaCaboodle
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the outstanding films of 2012.
This is a film where the camera work and visuals contribute as much to the experience as the actors or the filmscript. It is probably better to be seen in the Cinema as a result. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Eugene Gavin
4.0 out of 5 stars Great...
Loved the movie but the HUGE subtitles were distracting for me. Watch a lot of subtitled foreign movies so noticed it straight away. Picture quality is excellent.
Published 3 months ago by Blu-ray fan
2.0 out of 5 stars Lost in translation
I love movies with a change of pace but I don't think this one got any pace going but then it could well be down to the fact that I just didn't get it culturally.
Published 4 months ago by Inspiration Dot
5.0 out of 5 stars DVD
Bought as a gift for someone with varied taste in movies. He loved it and was thrilled to receive it.
Published 4 months ago by Lyn
4.0 out of 5 stars cinema is a visual medium, meet one of the masters
Honours for the most beautifully photographed film of 2012 to Nuri Bilge Ceylan's once upon a time in Anatolia. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Rob Simpson
1.0 out of 5 stars Drying Paint
I am not one for action movies but love thoughtful foreign films; however, I am shocked by the positive comments that this turgid film received. Read more
Published 4 months ago by D. Cusack
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious and closely observed
I lived in Turkey for almost 9 years and saw this with a friend who lived in Turkey for 3 years. We laughed a lot; enjoyed it immensely. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Turcophile
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