9 May 2012 - 21 May 2012 Goethe-Institut Washington, GoetheForum
Schedule:
Wednesday, May 9, 6:30 pm The Herd (Sürü) Monday, May 21, 6:30 pm Yolinfo@washington.goethe.org
Turkish with English subtitles $7/$4 + 1 (202) 289-1200
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"We're all somehow his children." — Fatih Akin
“An inspiration to countless subsequent directors, including the Turkish-German filmmaker Fatih Akin (Head-On), who has spent the last years preparing a film about his self-declared hero, Güney drew on Italian neorealism to make his deeply humane and passionately committed works about the social reality of his country.” — James Quandt
Yilmaz Güney (1937–1984) is a legendary figure in Turkish cinema. His remarkable career trajectory led him from roles as a popular leading man to a filmmaker so politically dangerous Turkish authorities threw him in prison. Güney and his work became more widely-known in the Western world after his film Yol, banned in Turkey, won a Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1982. Films will be shown in Turkish with English subtitles. In cooperation with “The Way Home: The Films of Turkish Master Yılmaz Güney”, at the Freer and Sackler Galleries May 6 – 20. Acknowledgements: Special thanks to the Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture and Tourism; Turkish Culture and Tourism Counselor's Office, Washington D.C.; Hüseyin Karabey, The Güney Foundation; Erju Ackman, Turkish Cinema Newsletter. All film prints supplied by the Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture and Tourism - General Directorate of Copyright and Cinema / Telif Hakları ve Sinema Genel Müdürlüğü, Dr. Abdurrahman Çelik, General Director.
