To be honest, the appearance of Istanbul in the film is not very good, but the snow, the water hitting the shore, the cold weather and the cold air are all very, very beautiful. This kind of atmosphere with a strong sense of desolation and alienation, on the one hand, makes people feel a little depressing, on the other hand, it is strangely very useful. Like the audience, I really want to go into Mam's house in the camera and have a cup of hot water. It's good to have a cup of coffee, then read and watch TV. The sense of alienation between people and the city, between people, is an inevitable product of the modernization process, and it seems ruthless. In the idyllic pre-industrial era, neighbors hear each other, and relatives come and go. No one is lonely, but there are no boundaries. One of the benefits of modernization is the observance of rules and boundaries, breaking the previously stagnated interpersonal relationships, but the modern disease of "alienation" occurs from time to time like a hidden disease. Nothing comes without a price. If you want to develop in a big city, you must give up some ideals; if you want to be free, you must give up a lot of intimacy. Many of the confusions and entanglements of modern people all originate from this. It’s like this in the movie, but our daily life is not like this: career is mediocre, divorced in middle age, taking care of interpersonal relationships, being lonely and afraid of liveliness, this is the normal state of modern life, it doesn’t matter whether it is good or bad, it depends on personal attitude. Just like Schopenhauer's allegory of porcupine heating, in the end, you can always find an appropriate distance, which is comfortable for yourself and does not make others uncomfortable. We can make such expectations to the city, to others, and even to ourselves.
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