The films we reviewed in The Vice Guide To Turkish Hollywood a couple of years ago have now found their way onto YouTube. So, let's revisit the best clips from Turkish New Wave cinema, a genre which was largely a homage to American blockbusters. And by "homage" I mean "blatant rip-off." And by "blatant" I mean hilarious.TURKISH STAR WARS" Turkish Star Wars uses not only footage stolen directly from the original film but also the soundtracks to Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Flash Gordon. This is movie making at its most abstract and progressive. I think. It begins with a five-minute montage of sampled shots. We see the Death Star exploding, then the same thing in slo-mo, then in reverse, then a storm trooper, then R2-D2. All with no context and little sense, set to an eerily Big Brother speech delivered in Turkish…"
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