Turkish Erotic Cinema – Öteki Sinema

Ateşli Kızlar Kampta (2000)

Murat Tolga Şen — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 18:57:04 +0000

Ateşli Kızlar Kampta bir Kadir Akgün filmi ama yönetmenin gurur duyduğu bir iş olmadığı ortada… Kadir Akgün Türk sinemasının en ıskalanmış isimlerinden biri… Sinemaya 1969 yılında Ayşecik’le Ömercik filminde yapım amirliği yaparak başlamış ve 1984’e kadar 20’nin üzerinde filmde yapım amiri ve asistanı olarak görev almış. Bir yönetmene dönüşerek kendi istismar filmlerini çekmesi ise 80’ler video manyaklığı zamanlarına rastlıyor. Hepsi de “o kadar kötü ki o yüzden çok iyi” olarak nitelendirilebilecek bir dizi film çekiyor video piyasası için. Lanetli Kadınlar, Vahşet Kasırgası, Yerli Dallas – Kasırga bu filmlerden bazıları.

2000 yılı geldiğinde ise yönetmen can çekişen video piyasasını bırakıp sefil format VCD pazarı için birbirinden ucuz bazı erotik istismar filmleri çekiyor. Bunlardan en çok hatırda kalanı VCD’nin erotik yıldızı olarak ünlenen Yasemin Ünlü ve Sevgi Bayraktar’ın başrolleri paylaştığı Köylü Güzeli… Nihayet bir yönetmen “samanlıkta basılma” fantezilerini peliküle aktarıyor, berbat bir şekilde de olsa…

Erotik bir film çekildiğinden bihaber köylülerin bolca göründüğü yapımın jeneriğinde de “”Balıkesir Güre Köyü halkına ve belediye başkanına teşekkür ederiz” gibi bir ibare konunca ortalık karışmıştı.

Turkish Erotic Movie posters 1970-76

Murat Tolga Şen — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:34:21 +0000

Hi Guys… You’re so lucky because we compile it all erotic Turkish movie posters from 1970-1976 and these years called golden times of Turkish Expotiation and erotic comedy movies… Arzu Okay and Mine Mutlu real stars of this era in these early times… Enjoy it!

A Phenomenon: Zerrin Egeliler

Misafir Koltuğu — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:18:24 +0000

Definitely the most famous and desired actress of Turkish Erotic Cinema ever was Zerrin Egeliler by her empirical approach and ease in acting and typical Anatolian female physical characteristics.

She made 60 films, from 1977 to 1981; 21 of them were made in 1978 and 37 were in 1979. She liberally stripped, freely made love just like her colleagues; shuffled comedy to melodrama, played with famous actors, such as Bulent Kayabas, Hadi Caman, Aydemir Akbas and Semsi Inkaya..etc. Although she played in any kind of roles; she mostly played the prostitudes and insatiates. An innocent country girl, she plays (Can Hatice, 1978 – Madrabaz, 1979), raped (Ucurum, 1978), inveigled her handsome neighbour (Yasam Kavgasi, 1978), a hot housemaid (Yedi Yurekli Saban – Capkinlar Krali, 1978), a chiseller (Acemi Dolandiricilar, 1979), an adulteress (Ahlaksiz Utanc, 1979), a kidnapped bellydancer (Ah Aman Of, 1979), a daughter of a labourer (Bal Badem, 1979), a mentally deficent girl (Canın isterse, 1979), a woman, changing her gender (Minnos, 1979), a lesbian (Kadin Isterse, 1979), a mistress of a private house (Surtuk/Hayat Kadini, 1979), and mostly a prostitude (Gunahkar Kadin – Lekeli Kadin – O Kadinlardan Biri – Alev Skandal, 1979). Zerrin Egeliler became a brand, and some filmmakers used this brand as an accessory or a name on film’s credits in cheap movies.

Zerrin Egeliler perrformed a supporting role on Kimbilir (Temel Gursu, 1981), featured Kibariye and Fikret Hakan as leading roles. This was Zerrin Egeliler’s last film, afterwards she has forgotten her erotic film diva career, and married with a night club boss and settled in Bursa.

However she mostly played the leading role, she has only appeared naked in a few scenes, or making love on some films. For example; on the film, Carli’nin Kelekleri (1978), which was an allusion of Charlie’s Angels, she has appeared in bikinis or fully naked on a few scenes; but mostly appeared sitting, standing, smoking, hanging around (dressed) as an accessory on the background. On the film, Kadersizler (Aykut Duz, 1979), which was not an erotic film, but supposed to be a downtown story; she fulfils all the expectations as a hot-erotic film star, but somehow she doesn’t appear in the first half of the film. Zerrin Egeliler, as Sermin gets naked, makes love; but she never goes to the foreground; as it is not expected anyway.

On the film, Yedi Yurekli Saban Capkinlar Krali (Director: Yavuz Figenli, Scenario & Leading Role: Aydemir Akbas, 1978) we see Zerrin Egeliler as Zehra the housemaid in the 2nd half of the film. First she stays in the background, but then she gets closer with Saban (Aydemir Akbas) and starts to answer the expectations; she gets naked, she makes love. As an Erotic-Comedy, the film dressed with jokes, peculiar to Aydemir Akbas; but it also fulfils its function by bunch of scenes with naked girls and mostly by Zerrin Egeliler’s performance.

We see the “Real” Zerrin Egeliler, as a hot, passionate woman on Onsuz Olamam (1978). This is a very economical film, passes in a house with 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and 1 living room, with 3 performers.

Zerrin Egeliler shows the best performance of her career on Sevmek mi Olmek Mi? (Director: Cetin Inanc, Scenerio by Engin Temizer, 1978); she is totally nude during 70% of the film. The film has been made in a limited place and with limited performers, just like the other Cetin Inanc productions. But in spite of (or thanks to) all its exorbitance, you can see the effort, put in. If the film was forgotten, it would be definitely qualified as a “Cult Sado-Maso Film”, but it wasn’t. It exceedingly answers all the expectations of a sex film fan; but it’s also like a violence show full with thriller time to time. Sex and blood; it starts like a nightmare full with savagery and erotism together, and continues the same concept as a unique example of Turkish erotic cinema.

So Zerrin Egeliler becomes a “brand”; sometimes as a star and sometimes as an accessory. She has always been compared with one of the other erotic cinema star; Arzu Okay. On the contrary to Arzu Okay, who represents the image of innocent teenage girl, natural sex-appeal, the lover ever dreamed; Zerrin Egeliler represents wild-hot-sexy-passionate woman image.

Zerrin Egeliler is the next generation of Muhterem Nur – Turkan Soray école in turkish erotic cinema. First of all; she is in the same line with this école by her physical characteristics; the same buxom body, the same wet lips, the same inviting gaze… But in spite of her fascinating strong feminine attributes; she is the woman-subject, who accepted the dominance of men, and kept stay in the limits of this dominance; who is always under the influence of man-subject’s dominance during the sexual intercourse.

* Quoted from Cem Bakir, Kadir Kivilcimli, Altay Akturk and Sahin Uruk’s “Ahlakin Mutemmim Cuz’u Pornografi” (Pornographic Component Parts of Morality)

Interview with Bill Barounis, President of Onar Films

Murat Tolga Şen — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:25:04 +0000

Cinema Strikes Back’s David Austin recently had a chance to interview Bill Barounis, owner and founder of Onar Films in Greece, about his company’s releases so far, his history with Turkish cinema, the difficulty of salvaging these films, and what to expect from Onar in the future.

Fantastic in Turkish Cinema

Murat Tolga Şen — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:19:26 +0000

Once, the Turkish cinema as a whole was practically considered an “unknown” territory, only accessible to some specialized scholars or film historians. Then starting from the 80’s and thanks, mainly, to the works of director, screenwriter and actor Yılmaz Güney it gained world wide recognition and started participating in international film festivals collecting awards and recognitions. actually the Turkish cinema has gained a place in its own right among Europe’s national cinemas expanding it’s boundaries and getting attention through the works and arcievements of a brand new generation of talented cinematographers. Still there are a lot of things to be discovered in its 93 years old history (1914-2007).

The aim of this web site is present and investigate the “FANTASTIC TURKISH CİNEMA” under the title MASKE & YUMRUK (MASK & FIST) in its various aspects and examine its “genres” ranging from the Fairy Tale to Science Fiction, from Epic Fantasies to Weird Action films, from Super Heroes to Turkish Crazy Westerns. It must be underlined in its own right or researched on an historical basis. Obviously most of the films considered in this context are not “arthouse” films, the majority of them pertains to “B” movie category or double-bills. Nevertheless they remain a part of the industry and exist as surprising manifestations of “popular cinema” at its best or at its worst. Some of the feature films mentioned are actually available abroad, both in Europe and the United States on video casettes, some are already familiar to “B” movie buffs in fact from time to have been reviewed in video magazines or fanzines but the majority is yet to be discovered. Thus the aim of this web site (like Fantastic Turkish Cinema book by Giovanni Scognamillo and Metin Demirhan) is to lead the way for such a discovery and to recreate a world almost forgotten.

A Fateless Star: Mine Mutlu

Öteki Sinema — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:39:05 +0000

Fateless Star Mine Mutlu was one of the most popular erotic Turkish cinema actresses; but she was actually a great performer, having a different filmography other than erotic films.

She would definitely not even imagine that she would be an erotic film star when she first stepped in Yesilcam. She was acquainted with the cinema at her age of 19. At the very beginning, she showed off with supporting actress and teenager girl roles, and then became a desired leading actress for melodrams and comedies in early ’70’s. These days, young girls were not show off naked on the screen yet; and Mine Mutlu was performing decent, innocent young girl roles, just like her colleagues.

Mine Mutlu revealed a great performance and worked with the most popular cinema stars in her movies at the beginning of her career. And then comes the irony of fate, as they say…