articles by Tuba Parlak
Confronting The Elephant and Writing From Within
Berlinale Talent Press, February 11, 2010
Confronting The Elephant and Writing From Within Film criticism has come as a by-product of my long-term infatuation with literary criticism. As a student of English Literature, the more I got acquainted with delicate ways of “reading”, the more of an enthusiastic concern it became for m ...
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From Taipei With Love
Berlinale Talent Press, May 05, 2010
From Taipei With Love A Taiwanese spin on the romantic comedy genre, from the Forum section of the Berlinale. In his first feature film, AU REVOIR TAIPEI (Taiwan/USA), that is shown in the Berlinale Forum section, writer-director Arvin Chen offers a Taipei that is as suitable a setting f ...
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Punk May Never Die… At Least For The Film Industry
Berlinale Talent Press, February 16, 2010
Punk May Never Die… At Least For The Film Industry Just another music biopic? Yes, but good nonetheless. Ian Dury as portrayed by Andy Serkis in the Berlinale Panorama SEX & DRUGS & ROCK & ROLL. Mat Whitecross' Berlinale Panorama film SEX & DRUGS & ROCK & ROLL (UK) ...
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Farewell Little Red Riding Hood
Berlinale Talent Press, February 16, 2010
Farewell Little Red Riding Hood Populated by children, Berlinale Generation Kplus' YUKI AND NINA does not go easy on childhood and celebrates the end of fairy tales. Nobuhiro Suwa and Hippolyte Girardot's YUKI AND NINA, a French-Japanese co-production screened in the Generatio ...
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Design Then and Now
Berlinale Talent Press, February 16, 2010
Design Then and Now Veteran production designer Sir Ken Adam looks back on his career and shares his views about the current state of his business. Sir Ken Adam, production designer of several James Bond movies and Stanley Kubrick's DR STRANGELOVE and BARRY LYNDON, visited us ...
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Yoji Yamada and His Family
Berlinale Talent Press, February 17, 2010
Yoji Yamada and His Family The Berlinale Talent Campus series "In the Limelight" gives the Japanese director the chance to retrace the different steps of his career. Director Yoji Yamada was on a panel at the Berlinale Talent Campus titled “In The Limelight”. He was joined by ...
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