{"id":3571,"date":"2016-07-04T18:41:02","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T22:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3571"},"modified":"2024-01-26T18:10:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T23:10:28","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\u2019s Review #445<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/70189288.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3572\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/70189288-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70189288\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/70189288-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/70189288.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/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, has 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 and is philosophical in its 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 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\u2019s Review #445 Reviewed July 4, 2016 Grade: B+ Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is a Turkish film that, circa 2011, has received notice and recognition during awards season. The film is very slow-moving and requires some patience, but it is &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":[82,192,35,213,3318,3317,3316],"tags":[81,193,67,214,3321,3320,3319],"class_list":["post-3571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2011-films","category-dramas","category-foreignfilms","category-foreign-dramas","category-muhammet-uzuner","category-nuri-bilge-ceylan","category-turkish","tag-2011-movie-reviews","tag-dramas-2","tag-foreign-language-films","tag-foreign-dramas","tag-muhammet-uzuner","tag-nuri-bilge-ceylan","tag-turkish"],"_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":8,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19882,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3571\/revisions\/19882"}],"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}]}}