All the politicians can tell me what they want, Germany is a bilingual country now (I think he just means multicultural but didn't want to use the word). Many different languages are spoken here. And Atatürk always said: "Every language is like a person, a culture, a lifestyle." That's what we try to capture witht he camera.
The scenery is amazing. It's fun to challenge yourself how to film in the streets with masses of people without them knowing, without them looking into the camera. That makes it a lot more authentic, when we hide the camera. When Sibel walks down the streets, those are all real people, they're not extras. The city is flowing, which is very inspiring. When Sibel gets stabbed and a cat randomly enters the frame, that wasn't a trained cat.
For me it's the Holy City. And Babylon at the same time. It's a city full of contradictions, it's a lunatic city, it's very big and dangerous, it's very exhausting, it's a very beautiful, very charming city. It's THE city for me. That's not Rome, that's Istanbul for me.
4: Do you have to be Turkish to understand this film?
During writing and making this film, there were three points of view I sort of switched around in. The German-German view, basically that of the moneygivers, the sponsors. The Turkish-German view, the one that's closest to mine. And the Turkish-Turkish view, the Istanbul perspective. We make stuff here that they might think is crap, they make stuff over there that we don't understand. I tried finding the biggest possible intersection between.
I think that's the dark, negative side of love. The dark side of it can makes us very destructive. It can give us strength, which is what happens in the movie - in the beginning he's a dead man, basically a zombie. He's being reawakened, kissed back to life, so to speak, by her. But this strength has also a negativity, a possessiveness. That's how humans are, how we all are, when it comes to love, to the essential stuff. I'd say when it comes to pussy.
In the end, it's a film about love. It's part of the "love death devil" trilogy. It's about love in both its constructive and destructive forms. It's about death, also about death as metamorphosis, entering another plane of consciousness. And it's about the evil in yourself, about the demon in yourself, the desire.
I was totally fascinated by this guy, similar to how people are fascinated by Kurt Cobain or James Dean, or Brando; guys that are so brilliant and talented that they become self-destructive. We liked each other from the start. We are both Turkish, so we have the same background, but he gives a shit about traditions. I looked at him and thought: "Why can he do that? Why am I not allowed to do that?" That was a big inspiration for the film.
I translated the questions but I have no idea what Fatih's response to the questions are. Can you translate this for me? Or maybe in Deutsch message me what he said?
Fatih Abi du gehst richtig ab vallah ich will mehr von dir sehen lütfen !
0berkay0 1 month ago
hey, adas. du bist sehr intelligent und hast talent. aber dreh mal was anderes mit lady bitch. nicht was sie so billig rüberbringt.
almanyalifatih 4 months ago
seine haare sind fettig und ich liebe ihn.
cicidelight18 6 months ago 4
@cicidelight18 das ist der beste kommentar in der geschichte von allem. danke dafür.
IfYouSeekAyse 5 months ago
der hat übelst dünne augenbrauen
HomeTowNo6 7 months ago 4
er ist offen und Cool sagt was ihr wollt
mustafal 7 months ago
Fatih Akin ist ein Genie für mich!!! Aber er raucht zu viel...! ;-)
LisbethSalander986 8 months ago 3
Excelente guion, actuaciones regias, Birol me fascinóóóó.
Una tremenda película, impactante. Fatih genial
Nubia6 8 months ago
Ist das der neue schwule Affe, in Planet der Affen?
ply99ply 9 months ago
Tiefster Winter
kostrowitzky 1 year ago
@kostrowitzky schneit fürchterlich...
MisterLaFunk 9 months ago
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kostrowitzky 1 year ago
8.: Why is there no happy-end?
If she had gone with him, I wouldn't find that honest. That would be cheating on the viewers, on the story, and also on the characters.
Aalyandra 1 year ago
7: Does THE German society/culture still exist?
All the politicians can tell me what they want, Germany is a bilingual country now (I think he just means multicultural but didn't want to use the word). Many different languages are spoken here. And Atatürk always said: "Every language is like a person, a culture, a lifestyle." That's what we try to capture witht he camera.
Aalyandra 1 year ago
6.: What's special about filming in Istanbul?
The scenery is amazing. It's fun to challenge yourself how to film in the streets with masses of people without them knowing, without them looking into the camera. That makes it a lot more authentic, when we hide the camera. When Sibel walks down the streets, those are all real people, they're not extras. The city is flowing, which is very inspiring. When Sibel gets stabbed and a cat randomly enters the frame, that wasn't a trained cat.
Aalyandra 1 year ago
5:What significance does Istanbul have for you?
For me it's the Holy City. And Babylon at the same time. It's a city full of contradictions, it's a lunatic city, it's very big and dangerous, it's very exhausting, it's a very beautiful, very charming city. It's THE city for me. That's not Rome, that's Istanbul for me.
Aalyandra 1 year ago
4: Do you have to be Turkish to understand this film?
During writing and making this film, there were three points of view I sort of switched around in. The German-German view, basically that of the moneygivers, the sponsors. The Turkish-German view, the one that's closest to mine. And the Turkish-Turkish view, the Istanbul perspective. We make stuff here that they might think is crap, they make stuff over there that we don't understand. I tried finding the biggest possible intersection between.
Aalyandra 1 year ago
3: Why/how does Cahit become evil?
I think that's the dark, negative side of love. The dark side of it can makes us very destructive. It can give us strength, which is what happens in the movie - in the beginning he's a dead man, basically a zombie. He's being reawakened, kissed back to life, so to speak, by her. But this strength has also a negativity, a possessiveness. That's how humans are, how we all are, when it comes to love, to the essential stuff. I'd say when it comes to pussy.
Aalyandra 1 year ago
2: What's your film about?
In the end, it's a film about love. It's part of the "love death devil" trilogy. It's about love in both its constructive and destructive forms. It's about death, also about death as metamorphosis, entering another plane of consciousness. And it's about the evil in yourself, about the demon in yourself, the desire.
Aalyandra 1 year ago
Question 1: Why did you choose Birol Ünel?
I was totally fascinated by this guy, similar to how people are fascinated by Kurt Cobain or James Dean, or Brando; guys that are so brilliant and talented that they become self-destructive. We liked each other from the start. We are both Turkish, so we have the same background, but he gives a shit about traditions. I looked at him and thought: "Why can he do that? Why am I not allowed to do that?" That was a big inspiration for the film.
Aalyandra 1 year ago
Kannst du nichts dein Akkusativ, dann bist du wirklich dum!
LuckyTechy 1 year ago
A great Turkish directo
DUJIACHUN 1 year ago
becoz people like me use english subtitles to understand what they speaking
pankajkala 1 year ago
how does so many people know his movie without being german-turkish ? was it translated international?
vandalplaya 1 year ago
questions
1. how did you come to bürol ünel? answer: he was fascinated like curt cobain, types who are genial+ he has the same background
2.whats the movie about? its a love film in a triology
xxxwhatsupyaxxx 1 year ago
yaptigin filmlerin a.q ayni yarrak gibi filmler yapiyon mal
nasi ödül aliyosan o ödülü verenlerin aklini sikim zevksiz ibneler
PskologDoktor 1 year ago
@PskologDoktor senin ananı ben sikim ibne..uluslar arası ödül alıyor..ibne evladı gibi yazcana gurur duymalısın
lahalamahala 1 year ago
er ist echt ein genie
nothingface1984 2 years ago
nach 3:10 geht's leider nicht weiter :(
wavecolour 2 years ago
Seems like a good interview.
I translated the questions but I have no idea what Fatih's response to the questions are. Can you translate this for me? Or maybe in Deutsch message me what he said?
tayejay18 2 years ago