The Cinema Museum, London

Remakesploitation launch: Remake, Remix, Rip-Off (2014) with Q&A

Mon 28 Nov 2016 @ 19:00 · Events

Remake, Remix, RipoffAs the launch event of the Remakesploitation film club, we are delighted to present a screening of Cem Kaya’s thoughtful and hilarious documentary Remake, Remix, Rip-Off (2014), that tells the bizarre history of Turkish exploitation cinema.

Remake, Remix, RipoffThroughout the 1970s and early 1980s, Turkish filmmakers were taking advantage of lax copyright laws in order to remake hundreds of popular Hollywood films. Directors such as Metin Erksan and Çetin İnanç were producing low budget Turkish remakes of The Exorcist, E.T., Rambo, Superman, and even Star Wars! Cem Kaya’s documentary charts this little known period of film history with some truly incredible interviews and clips, highlighting the passion and dynamism that went into producing these remakes, and giving a genuine insight into this overlooked era of exploitation film production.

We are bringing director Cem Kaya over from Berlin especially for this event so he will be there on the night to introduce the film and do a Q&A afterwards.

The Hollywood MemeBefore the screening there will also be a lively introduction to remakesploitation from Dr Iain Robert Smith (King’s College London), author of the new book The Hollywood Meme: Transnational Adaptations in World Cinema. Iain will be discussing these Turkish remakes alongside other examples of remakesploitation such as the 1966 Filipino film James Batman in which James Bond and Batman team up to fight crime, and the 2008 Bollywood film Ghajini in which Christopher Nolan’s Memento (2000) is remade in chronological order.

Remakesploitation logoThis event is being run in association with Creative Skillset, Free Film Festivals, Yunus Emre Enstitüsü London, & the Centre for Turkey Studies.

Doors open at 18.30, for a 19.00 start.

Food and drink including some special Turkish snacks will be available for purchase.

TICKETS & PRICING

£5 tickets (+booking fee) can be booked in advance through Eventbrite.