Istanbul Modern Cinema, inspired by the “Chiharu Shiota: Between Worlds” exhibition, has curated a selection of films where the color red plays a central role in their stories or emotional landscapes. This panoramic selection spans from horror to Chinese history, beginning with the red shoes that lead to a magical realm in the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz. In cinematography, red can act as a character through light or an object, sometimes symbolizing blood and death, and at other times, passion and life.
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AKIRA, 1988
Japan | DCP, Color, 124’ | Japanese
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo
MEAN STREETS, 1973
USA | DCP, Color, 112’ | English
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval
THE CHINESE (LA CHINOISE), 1967
France | DCP, Color, 95’ | French
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Juliet Berto
DEEP RED (PROFONDO ROSSO), 1975
Italy | DCP, Color, 127’ | Italian, German
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia
RAISE THE RED LANTERN (DA HONG DENGLONG GAOGAO GUA), 1991
Hong Kong | DCP, Color, 125’ | Mandarin
Director: Yimou Zhang
Cast: Gong Li, Jingwu Ma, Saifei He
TALK TO HER (HABLE CON ELLA), 2002
Spain, USA | DCP, Color, 112’ | Spanish
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Cast: Rosario Flores, Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti
THE BABY OF MÂCON, 1993
Netherlands, France, UK | Blu-ray, Color, 122’ | English
Director: Peter Greenaway
Cast: Julia Ormond, Ralph Fiennes, Philip Stone
MAXXXINE, 2024
USA | DCP, Color, 103’ | English
Director: Ti West
Cast: Mia Goth, Charley Rowan McCain, Simon Prast
THE WIZARD OF OZ, 1939
USA | DCP, Color, 102’ | English
Directors: Victor Fleming, King Vidor
Cast: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger
THREE COLORS: RED (TROIS COULEURS: ROUGE), 1994
France, Switzerland, Poland| DCP, Color, 99’ | French
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cast: Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frédérique Feder