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Turks in American and Western Cinema

There is a powerful effect of the cinema... it can be used by the unscrupulous, to teach or reinforce the effect of hatred. Take a look at this overview, and contemplate the conclusion drawn:"Never Trust a Turk." Followed by a brief examination of Greeks and Armenians, in the way Western cinema has chosen to depict them.

  Midnight Express


The Crème de la Crème of anti-Turk movies; Alan Parker's masterpiece of xenophobia and racism magnificently succeeded in providing many ignorant Western minds with the only knowledge they would have about Turkey. A series of articles are capped off by a masterfully written thesis.

Representation of the Turkish People in "Midnight Express"

Moved from the MIDNIGHT EXPRESS page to here, this excellent, comprehensive academic paper gets into every nook and cranny even beyond the film... on a socio-historic basis... in a wonderfully eye-opening manner.

Ararat

A quarter-century is much too long a period to have passed since MIDNIGHT EXPRESS... anti-Turkish memories could be growing stale, and the time had come for another theatrically-released Hollywood reminder. Yet another in the long line of Armenian hate films, but this one had some clout. Whether it had an audience was a different story.

Billy Hayes Regrets Midnight Express' Slander of Turks


He was 22 when sent to the slammer... now he's a filmmaker at 56. Billy Hayes is uncomfortable with the harm caused by the film version of his tale of MIDNIGHT EXPRESS... especially since he loved the people and the country.

Attila ‘74, The Rape of Cyprus
 
ZORBA THE GREEK's filmmaker Michael Cacoyannis created a passionate documentary regarding the partition of the island in 1974. How much of it is history, and how much is propaganda?



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