{"id":3571,"date":"2016-07-04T18:41:02","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T22:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3571"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T17:46:13","slug":"once-upon-a-time-in-anatolia-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3571","title":{"rendered":"Once Upon a Time in Anatolia-2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Once Upon a Time in Anatolia-2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Muhammet Uzuner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #445<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Anatolia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24225\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Anatolia-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Anatolia-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Anatolia.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed July 4, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is a Turkish film that, circa 2011, received notice and recognition during awards season.<\/p>\n<p>The film is very slow-moving and requires some patience, but it is worth the effort, and I found myself savoring the experience by the end.<\/p>\n<p>It is a cerebral, thoughtful experience about life and human nature, with a philosophical message. The main characters reflect on their lives while searching for a mysterious dead body in the plains of Turkey in the middle of the night.<\/p>\n<p>The cinematography is wonderful, and some of the camerawork is amazing.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s quite a unique film.<\/p>\n<p>The only drawback is its extremely slow pace, but upon its conclusion, it will leave you pondering for some time.<\/p>\n<p>No bombs and no car chases are involved, just honest, truthful dialogue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Independent Spirit Award Nominations:\u00a0<\/strong>Best International Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once Upon a Time in Anatolia-2011 Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan Starring Muhammet Uzuner Scott&#8217;s Review #445 Reviewed July 4, 2016 Grade: B+ Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is a Turkish film that, circa 2011, received notice and recognition during awards season. The film is very slow-moving and requires some patience, but it is worth &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3571\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Once Upon a Time in Anatolia-2011<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,192,35,213,3316],"tags":[3321,3320,12530,12529],"class_list":["post-3571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2011-films","category-dramas","category-foreignfilms","category-foreign-dramas","category-turkish","tag-muhammet-uzuner","tag-nuri-bilge-ceylan","tag-taner-birsel","tag-yilmaz-erdogan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3571"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24227,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3571\/revisions\/24227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}