The Midnight Express Phenomenon: The International Reception of the Film Midnight Express (1978-2004) (Analecta Isisiana: Ottoman and Turkish Studies)

This book studies the film The Midnight Express and analyses how it has negatively altered perceptions of Turkey until the present. TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION 1. THE EMERGENCE OF MIDNIGHT EXPRESS AS A FILM AND PHENOMENON 2. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS AS AN "EASTERN" AND ORIENTALIST DISCOURSE 3. INITIAL RECEPTION OF MIDNIGHT EXPRESS 4. THE MIDDLE YEARS: MIDNIGHT EXPRESS IN THE 1980s AND 1990s 5. CURRENT RECEPTION OF MIDNIGHT EXPRESS: VIEWER COMMENTS ON THE INTERNET CONCLUSION APPENDIX A - CORRECTIVE TURKISH VIEWER COMMENT (IMDb) APPENDIX B - MARGINAL RESPONSE (IMDb) BIBLIOGRAPHY