Sinemanın İstanbulda İlk Yılları

The first days of cinema in the country, its chaos, spectacle, rumors and appetite... Its crowds and sparseness, its intermediate stops... Places, businesses,
first screenings, names and details... Nezih Erdoğan tells about the first days of cinema in Istanbul, following the footsteps of a lost past with a meticulousness reminiscent of an archaeological excavation and a passion that requires patience and effort.

The First Years of Cinema in Istanbul depicts the great transformation of our modernization history that came with watching and cinema. a reference
More than your book. “What role might cinema have played in the emergence of modernity in the geography we call Istanbul? It would not be wrong to claim that desire was expressed mostly through visual means in the 19th century. As an Ottoman city, Istanbul was a city to which increasingly diverse imaging and monitoring devices were directed. However, this also modern and (albeit partially) European capital was not only an object of desire, it repeatedly reproduced within its space the desire to look and be looked at, which is a condition of modern life. With the arrival of cinema in the city, modernity penetrated into the fabric of the city, partly due to this
Therefore, they should be considered together.”

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

First Print Year: 2017

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Number of Pages: 320

Size: 15 x 21.5