Uzak

You discover solitariness, but not quite...

Measured and majestic in its observation

Ceylan has a camera in-built in his brain masterfully capturing moods against raw landscapes just as much as dark TV lit rooms, a foray into the chill of the heart….

It moves leisurely, yes, but never do you take your eyes off the screen or want to fast forward..

This film could so easily have been dark and forgetful, or grinding art-house, instead it is is uplifted by the incandescent sense of cinema in it — the grace and fluidity with which relationships play out, their cinematic element meant to pleasure our sensibilities against vast canvases..

Ceylan is a serious player today, with Winter Sleep winning the Palme d'Or in 2014 at Cannes…...this 2002 work shows why….