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IF SPIELBERG PRODUCES FILM ON GENOCIDE ... - SABAH
Tert.am
16.02.12
The Turkish newspaper Sabah has published an article providing a
forecast of possible developments in case world-famous film director
and producer Steven Spielberg produces a film about the Armenian
Genocide.
The author of the article, Mevlut Tezel, calls for boycotting
Spielberg's films in case he manages to bring his plan to life.
It comes after the Turkish media published reports saying that
Spielberg is cooperating with producer Steven Zalian to realize his
project and has to that end started negotiations with representatives
of Armenia's National Cinema Center.
"We won't be able to recall the ambassador so we must boycott
Spielberg's films," he says. "We must boycott endlessly in case
Spielberg and script-writer Steven Zalian produce the film, following
the example of Schindler's Life [which is about the Jewish Holocaust]."
According to the Turkish journalist, the film, if produced, will
cause of all kinds of debates devoted to the Genocide to go beyond
the framework of political discussions, reducing the issue to the
public domain.
"Even the ignorant not knowing Turkey's place on the world map will
start thinking that we have committed the Genocide," Tozel says,
adding that the film's negative impact would be 100 times stronger
than that of Midnight Express (which tells about the unlawfulness in
Turkish prisons and the judiciary )
Speaking to Tert.am, Ruzan Bagratuni, a spokesperson for the
National Cinema Center, dismissed the reports that they have started
negotiations with Spielberg.
"There is nothing of the kind," she said. "A letter was earlier sent
to Spielberg from Armenia but the process was frozen."
Tert.am
16.02.12
The Turkish newspaper Sabah has published an article providing a
forecast of possible developments in case world-famous film director
and producer Steven Spielberg produces a film about the Armenian
Genocide.
The author of the article, Mevlut Tezel, calls for boycotting
Spielberg's films in case he manages to bring his plan to life.
It comes after the Turkish media published reports saying that
Spielberg is cooperating with producer Steven Zalian to realize his
project and has to that end started negotiations with representatives
of Armenia's National Cinema Center.
"We won't be able to recall the ambassador so we must boycott
Spielberg's films," he says. "We must boycott endlessly in case
Spielberg and script-writer Steven Zalian produce the film, following
the example of Schindler's Life [which is about the Jewish Holocaust]."
According to the Turkish journalist, the film, if produced, will
cause of all kinds of debates devoted to the Genocide to go beyond
the framework of political discussions, reducing the issue to the
public domain.
"Even the ignorant not knowing Turkey's place on the world map will
start thinking that we have committed the Genocide," Tozel says,
adding that the film's negative impact would be 100 times stronger
than that of Midnight Express (which tells about the unlawfulness in
Turkish prisons and the judiciary )
Speaking to Tert.am, Ruzan Bagratuni, a spokesperson for the
National Cinema Center, dismissed the reports that they have started
negotiations with Spielberg.
"There is nothing of the kind," she said. "A letter was earlier sent
to Spielberg from Armenia but the process was frozen."