One and the Many Screening: Çıplak Vatandaş [The Naked Citizen]
Salt Ankara
March 4, 2017 16.30
Still from Çıplak Vatandaş [The Naked Citizen] (1985) ©Uzman Filmcilik
Çankaya Municipality Contemporary Arts Center, Ankara
Yaşar Kemal Conference Hall
Çıplak Vatandaş [The Naked Citizen] (1985)
Director: Başar Sabuncu
82 minutes
Turkish; English subtitles
The first film of late director Başar Sabuncu, Çıplak Vatandaş [The Naked Citizen] (1985) sets itself apart from films of a similar nature because of its elements that estrange the audience. With the wife of the character pregnant with their fifth child, the film depicts the life of a low-income white-collar worker who, unable to cope with his overwhelming distress, throws himself stark naked onto the streets where he soon becomes a media hero.
Detailing new journalistic approaches, the boom in advertising, and Prime Minister Turgut Özal’s prime-time TV programs titled İcraatin İçinden [Inside the Activity], the film sketches an impressive panorama of Turkey in the 1980s.
Organized in parallel to the exhibition One and the Many, the screening is free. Reservations are not accepted.
Yaşar Kemal Conference Hall
Çıplak Vatandaş [The Naked Citizen] (1985)
Director: Başar Sabuncu
82 minutes
Turkish; English subtitles
The first film of late director Başar Sabuncu, Çıplak Vatandaş [The Naked Citizen] (1985) sets itself apart from films of a similar nature because of its elements that estrange the audience. With the wife of the character pregnant with their fifth child, the film depicts the life of a low-income white-collar worker who, unable to cope with his overwhelming distress, throws himself stark naked onto the streets where he soon becomes a media hero.
Detailing new journalistic approaches, the boom in advertising, and Prime Minister Turgut Özal’s prime-time TV programs titled İcraatin İçinden [Inside the Activity], the film sketches an impressive panorama of Turkey in the 1980s.
Organized in parallel to the exhibition One and the Many, the screening is free. Reservations are not accepted.
