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Joesph 2022-03-26 09:01:05
The rendering of the drug-carrying incident was too lengthy, and the plot of the final escape was comical. It took an hour to explain the reason for his imprisonment. The first attempt to escape was declared a failure by the informant, followed by the smoky prison life, and finally escaped bizarrely. This is the overall framework of the film, there are no exciting highlights. Mixed with a bit of political...
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Clara 2022-03-26 09:01:05
Frequent, lengthy Turkish dialogue without translation to reinforce the sense of alienness and otherness, when in fact Billy is the alien to this land. The tension, the burning, the torment, the heat, the lengthy and even the joy are there , and they are all in place, but at the end of the film, it is inevitable to ask questions. Apart from telling the audience that Turkey is very corrupt, corrupt and arrogant, does it have more thought about this incident? In the sense of film aesthetics,...
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Lacy 2022-03-26 09:01:05
It is really a prison film with a very unique art style, which can be compared with Shawshank. Why does John Hurt always play someone who is not in good...
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Carter 2022-03-26 09:01:05
I think it was mainly the male lead who held up the play and looked back to understand the situation in Turkey at that time. In any case, it's really not easy to shoot this kind of quality for 180w...
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Declan 2022-03-26 09:01:05
This is the most dreamy...
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Haven 2022-03-26 09:01:05
How to say it, you have righteously condemned the pigs who don't eat pork in Turkey. It's understandable, but this experience, in my court, is simply pediatrics! Welcome to China to experience the life that is inferior to pigs and...
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Nicola 2022-03-26 09:01:05
Haven't seen brad davis, you don't know what a handsome guy is, haven't seen brad davis's performance, you don't know what acting is? What is bi~~~ Going back to the film itself, the screenwriter is terrible, what jokes are there not to do in the prison! As a result, the film company forcibly deleted the scenes.. And random murder, do you want the audience to sympathize with the...
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Aliza 2022-03-26 09:01:05
I don't want to watch prison movies...
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Gennaro 2022-03-26 09:01:05
"Midnight Express" is a code word, an inspirational movie, a man's yearning for freedom, and a redemption of...
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Emory 2022-03-25 09:01:09
As expected of Stone's script, there is always an air of despair permeating it. The two performances of the male protagonist in the film (angrily speaking in court; madly beating the whistleblower) are classics. The soundtrack is very impressive, and it seems that its shadow can often be found in later Hong Kong films. In short, this is a movie that can move the audience's emotions very much. The script, soundtrack, and character performances can be regarded as a model of prison...
Midnight Express Comments
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Josianne 2021-12-11 08:01:11
(Repost) Americans are the world's high-ranking citizens?
Reposted from Liu Yang's blog http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4134ba900100guxe.html
"Midnight Express" (Midnight Express) is an old American film, produced by Columbia, USA, released in 1978, and released last year 30th Anniversary Edition. This film fully shows the mentality of some Americans... -
Mortimer 2021-12-11 08:01:11
Roger Ebert's film review translation
★★★ (Four stars for full score) It is said that the real Billy Hayes was arrested by Turkey in 1970 and imprisoned on charges of trying to smuggle marijuana out of the country. He is guilty. He was initially sentenced to 3 to 5 years in prison, but then the Turkish authorities decided to try him on...
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[first lines]
[Susan makes her way through a line at an airline checkpoint]
Susan: Excuse me... Excuse me... Excuse me... Excuse me.
[she reaches Billy in line]
Susan: Nervous?
Billy Hayes: No.
Susan: Geez, I hate flying.
Billy Hayes: It's something I ate. I think I've been poisoned.
Susan: Or you're just excited about getting home.
Billy Hayes: No, I think it's the baklavas.
Susan: I told you not to eat 'em.
Billy Hayes: Look, I gotta go to the john again. You go on through and I'll catch up to you, OK?
Susan: So I'll wait.
Billy Hayes: No, go. I'll... I'll catch up to you. I'll... I'll only be a minute. OK? OK?
Susan: OK.
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Mr. Hayes: All right, Billy. I know it sounds tough, but - we are going to get you out! I promise you. I don't want you to get stupid and pull anything. They can play with your sentence. All right. Now, I'm putting 500 dollars in the bank. Anything you need, you write. There's food here. There's candy. And there's writing paper. Books. Cigarettes. Soap. Toothbrush.
[Empties bag onto table, slams it down]
Mr. Hayes: I've been writing insurance policies for 30 goddamn years and now I've got to see my own son - Jesus. Jesus! Billy, if I could be where you are... I'd be there.
Billy Hayes: I love you, Dad.
[Guards take him away]
Mr. Hayes: [to Hamidou] You take good care of my boy, you hear? Or I'll have your fuckin' head, you Turkish bastard!
Director: Alan Parker
Language: English,Maltese,French,Turkish Release date: October 6, 1978