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The DaveScale™
0 - 4.5: Fail, thumbs-down, very few (if any) redeeming qualities. (F to D+)
5 - 5.5: Thumbs-down but a pass. (something like a C-)
6 - 7.5: Fair to Good, passable (C to B)
8 - 8.5: A very good film, 4 stars. This mark and above comes down to taste. (B+ to A-)
9: Excellent. (A)
9.5 - 10: An essential film. (A/A+)

Tuesday, 12 June 2007

The Flag


Filmed on Children's Day, April 23, The Flag is successful in capturing the strength of Nationalism amongst Turkish youth at a stadium celebration. It is fascinating to see the children's devotion to their country, but at the same time, it's a little frightening.

7 on the DaveScale.

(dir. Köken Ergun, Turkey, 8 mins)

Posted by Dave at 10:00 am

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      • Elegy of Life. Rostropovich. Vishnevskaya.
      • Nocturne
      • The African Queen
      • Poison Friends
      • London to Brighton
      • Animated Shorts
      • La Vie En Rose
      • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
      • Comrades in Dreams
      • Shut Up and Sing
      • Away from Her
      • Climates
      • Out of the Blue
      • In the Company of Actors
      • Bella
      • The Killer Within
      • The Home Song Stories
      • All In This Tea
      • The Witnesses
      • Blindsight
      • Times and Winds
      • The Flag
      • Suely in the Sky
      • Corroboree
      • The Maltese Falcon
      • Please Vote for Me
      • The Blood of Yingzhou District
      • Days of Glory
      • Clash of Egos
      • My Mother Learns Cinema
      • Academy
      • Andrew Jenks: Room 335
      • The Night Before Christmas

Some of My Favourite Movies

  • All About Eve
  • Annie Hall
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Facing the Music
  • Fargo
  • Lives of Others, The
  • Piano, The
  • Streetcar Named Desire, A
  • Unforgiven
  • Wit