Thursday, September 25, 2008

Found Footage and the Turkey Film Industry


In response to our discussion on found footage...

Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (The Man Who Saves the World) [a.k.a. Turkish Star Wars]

From the Wikipedia entry...
Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (The Man Who Saves the World) is a Turkish-made cult film commonly known as Turkish Star Wars because of its notorious bootlegging of Star Wars clips worked into the film.

Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam was released in 1982 in the midst of massive political upheaval. As a result, American-made films weren't easily acquired and were often remade with a Turkish cast and setting. The four most notable films to be so bootlegged are Star Wars, The Wizard of Oz, The Exorcist and E.T., all of which have Turkish variations.

I haven't watched the whole thing yet, but I think the first twenty minutes may have an interesting relievance to the topic of collage, montage, and found footage...

1 comment:

jeanli said...

Maybe if there's a short scene of particular interest relating to our class you could bring it in , or you could grab a clip and post it...