After watching The Music Room yesterday, I decided to continue on with countries where my knowledge of their cinema is limited or non-existent. I reached into my WCP boxset for Dry Summer today and it's now my favorite of the three from the collection that I have watched. It's a fairly simple tale, but told with such elegance. Ali Uğur's camera is majestic and very forward thinking for the period. What's most striking about the film is Erol Taş' performance. The commitment to such a vile, evil, selfish character is really stirring. I'm definitely eager to see what else Metin Erksan's filmography has to offer.
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