Araf (The Abortion)
Written by Hakan Bilir
Directed by Biray Dalkiran
Turkey, 2006
How did he know that happened? How long are they going to overlay them walking with music? These are the two questions that horror buffs will find themselves asking after they’ve finished Araf. Those are not two questions that are asked of a great horror movie, they are questions asked of a mediocre horror film. That should tell you about where Araf falls on the movie spectrum.
Biray Dalkrian is the main problem with Araf. His direction is suffocating to the extreme. This film misuses the close-up shot in a most egregious manner. There are times when the camera zooms in on a person walking and follows them in close-up mode while nothing happens until the film cuts to the next scene. The direction shoves the viewer into the machinations of the film in ways that are...
Written by Hakan Bilir
Directed by Biray Dalkiran
Turkey, 2006
How did he know that happened? How long are they going to overlay them walking with music? These are the two questions that horror buffs will find themselves asking after they’ve finished Araf. Those are not two questions that are asked of a great horror movie, they are questions asked of a mediocre horror film. That should tell you about where Araf falls on the movie spectrum.
Biray Dalkrian is the main problem with Araf. His direction is suffocating to the extreme. This film misuses the close-up shot in a most egregious manner. There are times when the camera zooms in on a person walking and follows them in close-up mode while nothing happens until the film cuts to the next scene. The direction shoves the viewer into the machinations of the film in ways that are...
- 5/21/2014
- by Bill Thompson
- SoundOnSight
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