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Remake Remix Rip-Off
This Week: Filmmaker Cem Kaya talks about his documentary Remake Remix Rip-Off. The film chronicles the rise and fall of Yesilçam, the Turkish film industry, which during the Cold War was one of the most prolific in the world, churning out close to 300 films a year. Producers kept up with the public's demand for new films by copying, remaking and mashing up Hollywood scripts into zany, Turkish versions of films like The Wizard of Oz, Rambo and ET. Thanks to loose copyright laws in Turkey, all of this was completely legal. Still from a Turish remake of The Exorcist Still from The Man Who Saved the World Poster for the Turkish version of Rambo alongside the original Clip from The Man Who Saved the World 00:00 - BTR Today 00:50 - Cem Kaya 03:50 - Turkish Films in Germany 07:23 - Yesilcam, Turkish Hollywood 12:11 - Remakes, Remixes, Rip - Offs 16:58 - A Unique Cinema 19:00 - No Budget? No Film? No Problem! 21:38 - Censorship 25:09 - Legacy of Yesilcam 28:51 - Recycled Films 31:53 - Finish