The Exorcist in Istanbul: Processes of Transcultural Appropriation Within Turkish Popular Cinema

In 1974, producer Hulki Saner hired acclaimed director Metin Erksan to direct an unofficial remake of William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973). The resultant film, ?eytan, took the plot, characters and set-pieces from the prior film and translated them into a predominantly Islamic setting. This proces...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Iain Robert Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UTS ePRESS 2008-02-01
Series:PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
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Online Access:https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/489