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Film Discussions at the Ottoman Bank Museum: 'Cities and Films'

The Ottoman Bank Museum's movie theater continues to offer screenings of feature films on a different theme every month, complemented by discussions on that month's theme, organized by film critic and consultant to TÜRSAK, (the Turkish Cinema and Audiovisual Cultural Foundation), Mehmet Açar. At the discussion scheduled for Saturday, February 25, 2004, at 4:30 p.m., historian, Prof. İlber Ortayli will give his views on this month's theme, "Cities and Films".

Evoking Louis Malle's Atlantic City (1980), Scorsese's New York New York (1977), Fellini's Roma (1972), and Wim Wenders' Der Himmel Uber Berlin (1987), the discussion will explore how the cities certain films are set in, actually become the main protagonists of those films and can thus be said to possess a fascinating life of their own.

The Museum's movie theater has a seating capacity of 46. Screening times are at 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays, and 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. on Saturdays. Tickets cost - full: 6,000,000 TL, discounted: 4,000,000 TL and can be obtained from the Museum.