Comparative Analysis Between the Cinema of Yılmaz Güney and Dariush Mehrjui A Contextual Analysis of two Films: Hope and The Cow
Comparative Analysis Between the Cinema of Yılmaz Güney and Dariush Mehrjui A Contextual Analysis of two Films: Hope and The Cow

Summary/Abstract: This comparative study analyzes two films by two auteur directors of Iran and Turkey; Dariush Mehrjui and Yılmaz Güney to investigate the probable similarities between their cinematic languages and attitudes. For this purpose; Gav (The Cow, Dariush Mehrjui, 1969) and Umut (Hope, Yılmaz Güney, 1970) are sociologically analyzed according to Anthony Giddens’ theory of structuration. The current research makes visual and content codes from both films by using contextual analysis and intends to find out any common obvious and hidden meanings through decoding them. As a result, it leads to finding out similar concepts such as society, culture, identity, political activity, and hegemony critique in their cinematic languages which can be seen in the named films. It proves that there were same problems in both society at the same period of time also there are social and cultural connections between the two countries.

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