the edge of heaven
Kâzım Koyuncu & Sevval Sam - Ben Seni Suvdugumi
The new film from Turkish-German director Fatih Akin is called The Edge of Heaven (German title - Auf der Anderen Seite), and it's beautiful, and epic, and harsh and sad, and very very human. The same can be said of the soundtrack, made up of a mixture of Turkish music, reworked and added to by Shantel.
The above song is the theme of the film, featuring on the soundtrack multiple times, and scoring the films beginning and end - it's something spectacular. It matches up perfectly with the dry arid landscape shown throughout the film, but also with the intensity of life by night in Istanbul. It's got beautiful reedy violins, and a single melody repeats itself over the song, like a single raincloud on the white washed horizon.
Nese Kara Böcek - Son Hatira
'Son Hatira' is a far more laid-back affair, epic in a European way, with the soft patter of guitars and drums washed over with rolling waves of strings and forceful vocals, all stormy and sunny and sweet, a flash of rain on a hot day.
The rest of the soundtrack is beautiful, and can be bought here. The Edge of Heaven is a great film, and I recommend it wholeheartedly.
posted by shane at 2:13 PM
4 Comments:
I have seen it a while ago and was a bit disappointed. Especially in comparison with "Gegen die Wand" and "Kurz und schmerzlos". There were too many bright "nicely constructed, huh?" flags in the film. And because there were so many people, there was no time to get closer and deeper in character and story. Was what the professor did plausible to you? What exactly did the protagonist fight for? And because of what? I had some other problems with the film, too, but this is just my humble impression.
"Import/Export" by Ulrich Seidl is in some way comparable in its construction, but the better film. If you have the chance to watch it: I can really recommend it!
I didn't see anything wrong with what the professor did, it really didn't seem there was much keeping him in hamburg/bremen and he obviously had a connection with the woman.
I didn't quite get what the young girl from Istanbul was fighting for, but it wasn't too important to the plot. I thought it was well put together, and it left as much of an impression as Gegen die Wand, I think.
I might check out that film you mentioned :)
Ahh I need this soundtrack!!
Will check out the film too.
Thanks a lot :)
watched the film last night, loved it... wondering if you could upload the first link again, please?
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