Comparative Analysis Between the Cinema of Yılmaz Güney and Dariush Mehrjui A Contextual Analysis of two Films: Hope and The Cow

Year 2022, , 211 - 223, 30.09.2022

Nafiseh Laleh

https://doi.org/10.31122/sinefilozofi.1073609

Abstract

This comparative study analyzes two films of two important Author directors of Iran and Turkey; Dariush Mehrjui and Yılmaz Güney to investigate the probable similarities between their cinematic languages and attitudes. For this purpose; Gav (The Cow, Dariush Mehrjui, 1969) and Umut (Hope, Yılmaz Güney, 1970) are sociological analyzed based on Anthony Giddens’ theory of structuration. Using contextual analysis and making visual and content codes from both films, the current research intends to find out any common obvious and hidden meanings through decoding them. As a result, it leads to find out similar and close perception of concepts such as society, culture, identity, political activity and critique of Hegemony in their both cinema languages which can be seen on the named films and it proves that there were same problems in the both society at that historical stage and also there are social and cultural connections between two countries.

Keywords

yılmaz Güney, Dariush Mehrjui, Anthony Giddens, The Structuration Theory, Cinema

Comparative Analysis Between the Cinema of Yılmaz Güney and Dariush Mehrjui A Contextual Analysis of two Films: Hope and The Cow

Abstract

Bu karşılaştırmalı çalışma, İran ve Türkiye'nin iki önemli auteur yönetmeni olan Dariush Mehrjui ve Yılmaz Güney’in sinematik dilleri arasındaki olası benzerlikleri tartışmak için, onların iki filmini analiz etmeye çalışmaktadır: Gâv (The Cow, Dariush Mehrjui, 1969) ve Umut (Hope, Yılmaz Güney, 1970). Bu bağlamda Anthony Giddens'ın yapılandırma teorisine dayalı sosyolojik bir analiz yapmak için, kodlar oluşturuldu ve kodaçımlama yaparak, bağlamsal analiz gerçekleştirilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, iki yönetmenin kullandığı sinema dilinde toplum, kültür, kimlik, siyasal etkinlik ve Hegemonya eleştirisi gibi kavramların, özellikle adı geçen iki filmde bulunmaktadır. İki toplumun aynı zaman diliminde benzer sorunlar yaşadığı ve aralarındaki kültürel ve toplumsal benzerlikler de görünmektedir .

Keywords

Yılmaz Güney, Dariush mehrjui, Anthony Giddens, Yapılandırma Kuramı, sinema

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