Ferzan Ozpetek
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Due storie che si intrecciano. Una città: la meravigliosa Istanbul. Rossa all'alba e al tramonto, con le sue meravigliose cupole bianche e blu, i palazzi gioiello, le moschee, le candele, i bazar colorati, i profumi delle spezie, il... more
A Massimo, per i nostri sette anni insieme, per quella parte di te che non potrò mai avere, per tutte le volte che mi hai detto non posso e per tutte le volte che mi hai detto ritornerò. Sempre in attesa, posso chiamare la mia pazienza... more
Tutti i saggi pubblicati sono stati sottoposti a un processo di peer review del tutto anonimo (double blind), ad opera di due referee esterni alla rivista, specialisti del tema trattato ed appartenenti a istituzioni diverse da quelle... more
In the present article, I wish to concentrate on what may be called “transgressive border-crossings” engaged in by the protagonists of Ferzan Özpetek’s Hamam in two poignant instances of “hamam spying”, which – though effected in... more
Italy has long been romanticized as an idyllic place. Italian food and foodways play an important part in this romanticization – from bountiful bowls of fresh pasta to bottles of Tuscan wine. While such images oversimplify the complex... more
Italy has long been romanticized as an idyllic place. Italian food and foodways play an important part in this romanticization – from bountiful bowls of fresh pasta to bottles of Tuscan wine. While such images oversimplify the complex... more
I am trying to explain that there is no relation between Turkish culture with homosexuality and masculinty and the culture of Ottoman empire can be a good example for that. It is related to events that occured in the old history. The... more
ABSTRACT Cinema as a means of communication reveals the change and transformation of the society being in a mutual relationship with the society itself. Having emerged since the mid-1990s and been acknowledged in the film festivals held... more
In Hamam (1997) and The Ignorant Fairies (2001), Turkish-Italian director Fernan Özpetek places a bisexual/bicultural game at the centre of the diegetic space. Three characters whose emotions are in flux become psychologically intimate in... more
In the present article, I wish to concentrate on what may be called “transgressive border-crossings” engaged in by the protagonists of Ferzan Özpetek’s Hamam in two poignant instances of “hamam spying”, which – though effected in... more
This paper is concerned with the way in which the form of the film synopsis reifies both the film itself and the processes at work in its production, distribution and recognition. In line with recent Lacanian film theory (inter alia,... more
Sinemada kentler, filmin öyküsünün geçtiği arka fon olmaktan çok öte bir konuma sahiptir. Kent, filmde duygu ve atmosfer yaratmak için kullanılan önemli araçlar arasında yer almaktadır. Sinemasal evrende öyküye anlam katan ve atmosferi... more
Nel 1928 lo scrittore agrigentino scrive il “Film-Novelle”, "Sex Personen suchen einen Autor", una sceneggiatura in tedesco a due mani con Adolf Lantz, Pirandello racconta l’antefatto al dramma dei "Sei personaggi": l’incontro delle... more
Bu kitaptaki metinler sinema ve televizyon tarihinin kronolojik sırasına göre dizinleme yapılmıştır. İlk metin Levent Berber’in hazırladığı dışavurumcu sinemanın önemli yönetmenlerinden biri olan Fritz Lang’in M – Bir Şehir Katilini... more
When the film Hamam was screened in Turkey, there was a great outcry claiming that this was a totally distorting, orientalizing, and wholly untrue account of what goes on in a traditional Turkish bath. Reading any tourist guide, one... more
This essay explores the potential for both transcultural thinking and methodological diversity in translation studies through a discussion of three twentieth-century Turkish cultural figures: national leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk,... more
" Building Up Steam: Gaze, Gateways, and Gays in Ferzan Özpetek's Hamam " After the scandal caused by Özpetek's 1997 directorial debut Hamam, the then Turkish Minister for Culture withdrew the film from competition for Turkey's entry... more
Ferzan Özpetek’s films are known for overtly breaching the subject of queer identities in Italian mainstream cinema. Popular music, however, often complicates the inclusive representations claimed by films in which queer and other... more