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Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: Infused with cultural and political concerns, this film weaves together a rich tapestry of musical styles that celebrate the diversity that makes up contemporary Turkish life.
Theatrical Release:Jun 9, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: A European musician and composer sets out to capture the musical diversity of Istanbul. A lover of experimenting with sound, Alexander Hacke (of the German avantgarde band Einstürzende Neubauten)... [More]
Director: Fatih Akin
Crossing the Bridge does more than offer a wide variety of entertaining and intoxicating Turkish music. It also uses music to paint a portrait of a vibrant, cosmopolitan city and provide a window into a rich and varied national culture.
Top CriticEven as Crossing the Bridge acknowledges differences, tensions, the provocative power music exerts on our hearts, it makes an elegant, head-bopping, hip-swaying argument that sound unifies.
Top CriticAkin's documentary gets its legs from the subtle questions it raises about Turkey's politics, nationalism, religious identity, cultural integrity and international perception.
Top CriticAn infectious (in a good way) documentary.
Top CriticIt's a tasty sonic apertif to an unfamiliar world, and likely to inspire more than a few folks to make a beeline for the world music browser at the music store.
Top CriticThe musical selections are nothing if not eclectic -- rock, hop-hop, psychedelic, folk, electronica, traditional -- and include some perky performances. But Crossing the Bridge is more than just a musical primer.
Top CriticIt is our good fortune that Akin and his on-screen narrator, bass player Alexander Hacke, are our passionate guides through the country's musical history.
Top CriticAn infectiously enjoyable survey of contemporary Turkish music, Fatih Akin's documentary works as a corollary to his breakout fiction film, Head-On.
Top CriticCrossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul emphasizes the unique geography of the city to explain its eclectic music scene, and a generous sampling of performances clinches the argument.
Top CriticFatih Akin's rich documentary follow-up, Crossing the Bridge, digs deeper into Istanbul's musical and social history.
Top CriticOne of the world's great cities comes vibrantly alive through its music and musical denizens.
Top CriticThe film's early insistence on Istanbul as a kind of Asian-European melting-pot crossroads ... ultimately gives way to an increasingly powerful impression of the place as a remarkable haven for stubbornly unyielding musical traditions.
Top CriticAn enjoyable if occasionally maddening primer on the sound of today's Istanbul, a whirling dervish of a sonic tour with Einstuerzende Neubauten guitarist Alexander Hacke as your guide.
Top CriticOnly when the multicultural conceit of vastly different musical traditions blending to produce a transcendent sound is muted does the film finally jell.
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