FOUR SEASONS OF ISTANBUL

FOUR SEASONS OF ISTANBUL (DÖRT MEVSİM İSTANBUL) (4 Episodes), 1990

Turkey | HDD, Color, 207’ | Turkish
Director: Lütfi Akad

The four episodes of this documentary, which Akad made for TRT, are titled Birth, Istanbul is a Song, Istanbul is a Longing, andIstanbul is a Fight.The documentarytreats of the different aspects of Istanbul through the four seasons. The Istanbul of that time is told through the occasional use of actors and dramatization. Many actors who are famous now appear in the documentary as they were 22 years ago. The people of this big city, their ways of life, and the places where they work, have fun, or fight are shown with almost no voice-over narration and often relying on the power of imagery and music. Four Season of Istanbul is the last film for which Akad stepped behind the camera.