[PEN-L] Climates

[Louis Proyect]

Scheduled for theatrical release this month, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “Climates” 
returns once again to the preoccupations of his first two films–”Clouds of 
May” and “Distant”–namely the anomie of Turkish artists and intellectuals. 
Borrowing from Antonioni, Ceylan move through a silent and chilly world 
punctuated by exchanges between characters who are incapable of true 
communication. As an objective correlative of the main characters’ mental 
states, “Climates” and “Distant” make heavy use of snowfall. These are 
obviously not easy films to warm up to but ones that satisfy on another 
level. As a psychological examination of Turkey’s educated petty 
bourgeoisie rendered in world-class cinematography, Ceylan’s films are 
first-rate.

full: http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2006/10/19/climates/
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