Gallipoli (2005 film)

Gallipoli Turkish title Gelibolu is a 2005 film by Turkish filmmaker Tolga rnek. It is a documentary about the 1915 Gallipoli campaign, narrated by both sides, the Turks on one side and the British soldiers and Anzacs soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps on the other side.

When the film was released in France, Variety magazine film critic, Lisa Nesselson, reviewed the film favorably, writing, A thorough recounting of the carnage when Allied Forces attempted to take the Dardanelles Straits and the title peninsula in Turkey during WWI, Gallipoli serves up the paradoxes and idiocy of battle as expressed in letters and journals written by the men on both sides who were there...Clear, informative and frequently moving narration by Jeremy Irons and Sam Neill ties together six years of research by vet documaker Tolga Ornek. Drawing heavily on surviving correspondence, and skillfully illustrated with a blend of still photos, period footage and reenactments, film keeps talking heads to a minimum. It brings to life longdead adversaries who did their duty despite massive casualties from artillery, mines and the ravages of dysentery...Tech credits are top notch.In a review of the film in the World Socialist Web Site a publication of the International Committee of the Fourth International, Richard Phillips discussed the style used by the filmmakers, writing, Like most contemporary war documentaries, rneks movieGallipoli The Front Line Experienceuses archival photos and film footage, as well as aerial photography and dramatisations to provide a detailed account of the military campaign. But rneks use of the letters and diaries ofsoldiersBritish, Australian, New Zealand and Turkishselected from scores discovered by his research team gives it an extraordinary human dimension and immediacy. ........

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