Within the scope of the exhibition Istanbuls Today, which opened at Pera Museum in December, the program includes nine film examples from experimental, documentary and fiction genres. The word “uğrak” (the beaten track), which is thought to originate from the Turkish-Mongolian language family, means to stop by and go. The word uğrak, transformed over the years to mean to make a temporary stop and to go frequently, allows us to show the films that transform Istanbul into a place of a haunt.
Until March 31, the program includes Alain Robbe-Grillet's directorial debut The Immortal, in which the static hotel setting of Marienbad is replaced by a magical, surrealistically static Istanbul; Merlyn Solakhan's The City and Tongue Twister, which have rarely been seen in Turkey and which construct Istanbul sometimes as a set, sometimes as a setting, but mostly as the main character of the story; Zombie and the Ghost Train, a tragicomedy directed by Mika Kaurismäki about Zombie, a young musician trying to find a place for himself in a band and in the world; and Maurice Pialat's Turkish Chronicles, a series of five lyrical short films by Maurice Pialat, who traveled to Turkey in 1964 and dedicated himself to the history and people of the country.
Tickets will be available at Biletix and the museum. As per legal regulations, all our screenings are restricted to persons over 18 years of age, unless stated otherwise.
January 15
January 31
February 3
February 8
19:00 Tongue Twister
February 10
February 15
19:00 Zombie and The Ghost Train
February 17
February 22
19:00 The City
February 24
February 26
15:00 Turkish Chronicles
18:30 Turkish Chronicles
March 15
19:00 Tongue Twister
March 16
19:00 Tongue Twister
March 17
19:00 The Immortal
21:00 Zombie and The Ghost Train
March 22
19:00 The City
March 24
19:30 Turkish Chronicles
21:00 Tongue Twister
March 29
19:00 The City
March 31
19:00 Zombie and The Ghost Train
21:00 Turkish Chronicles
March 15
19:00 Tongue Twister
March 17
19:00 The Immortal
21:00 Zombie and The Ghost Train
March 24
19:30 Turkish Chronicles
21:00 Tongue Twister
March 29
19:00 The City
March 31
19:00 Zombie and The Ghost Train
21:00 Turkish Chronicles
I think it was Frank Zappa – though others claim it was Laurie Anderson – who said in an interview that ‘writing on music is much like dancing on architecture’.
I remembered a game as I was waiting in the passenger lounge for the ferry to arrive just a few minutes ago. A game we used to play at home when I was young, in my country that is very far away from here, a relic from the distant past; I don’t even remember how we used to play it. The kind of game that makes me feel a thousand times lonelier than I already am among the crowd waiting to get on the ferry.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Pera Museum invites artist Benoît Hamet to reinterpret key pieces from its collections, casting a humourous eye over ‘historical’ events, both imagined and factual.
Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 - 19:00
Friday 10:00 - 22:00
Sunday 12:00 - 18:00
The museum is closed on Mondays.
On Wednesdays, the students can
visit the museum free of admission.
Full ticket: 300 TL
Discounted: 150 TL
Groups: 200 TL (minimum 10 people)
