Aslı Özge: “To understand the human psyche: Cries and Whispers”

Wednesday, April 11

Aslı Özge: “To understand the human psyche: Cries and Whispers”

The screening of Cries and Whispers took place at Beyoğlu Sineması with director Aslı Özge presenting the screening: “It’s very good that it is a full house for a Bergman film. He influenced directors with not just this film but with all of his films. This film’s distinguishing feature is its color. I saw it when I was studying cinema at the university. The planes dominated by the color red and where the women stand out dressed in white and the fact that the costumes, placement and everything within the frame have been carefully designed had left a strong impression on me at the time. We realise that not only the content but the form also matters so much in cinema. This film has contributed so much to my cinema and helped it arrive at its current place. I also have a personal connection with this film. I had just lost my mother to cancer when I first saw the film. There’s an ill woman in the film as well. When all of this came together, I think it made me feel closer to film. It is, in my opinion, one of the cruelest films to understand the human psyche.”

Photo: Elif Gökçe

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