‘About Dry Grasses’ Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan Says His 3-Hour-Plus Epic Could Have Been Longer – Cannes

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'About Dry Grasses' Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan On How His Snowy 3-Hour-Plus Epic Could Have Been Longer - Cannes

which follows the middle-class melancholy of a Turkish rural village art teacher, clocks in at 3 hours and 17 minutes. So far, the movie is one of few weighing in at the three hour-plus stretch, the other, premiering tonight being Martin Scorsese’sHowever, Ceylan said today at the pic’s Cannes press conference — he could have made his snow laden epic, so much longer.About Dry Glasses

follows Samet, whose school is an area where there’s essentially two seasons: snow and yellow grass. In his humdrum existence, he becomes fascinated by a young female student, Sevim, who he tries to mentor, however, that backfires after he’s accused of touching her. However, it’s Samet’s female colleague, an English teacher, Nuray who helps him to regain a perspective after he feels all is lost to gloom.

Talking about the ending, Ceylan explained, “The bird flies away at the end, and I had the impression that he has a new perspective on the region where he lives.”Winter Sleep,For the main character, it was necessary to be someplace isolated because happiness can be achieved wherever you are, that’s at least what people think.”

“In fact, if you’re not happy in life, you always say you’re happy to go someplace else. Even people in situations think they’d be happier elsewhere.” “They also think the place where they live is responsible for them being unhappy,” the director added.“I preferred to end the film in this matter without using sequels,” the director said, “I had the impression when we were editing that something emerged and I wanted to end the film at that point.”by Ruben Ostlund, timed in at 2 hours and 27 minutes — long by U.S. standards for a satirical comedy. The movie earned three Oscar nominations including Best Picture, however, grossed only $4.

 

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