Friday, September 24, 2010

Turkish cinema

I watched a movie "Three Monkeys" today for my class.
I felt that the technique of editing, contrast of color, and shooting were really good.
But the speed of story was too slowly... I became sleepy a little bit....

Do you guys know the meaning of Three Monkeys?
Actually it comes from Japanese.
According to Wikipedia...

The three wise monkeys (:Japanese 三猿, san'en or sanzaru, or 三匹の猿 , sanbiki no saru, literally "three monkeys") are a pictorial maxim. Together they embody the proverbial principle to "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil". The three monkeys are Mizaru, covering his eyes, who sees no evil; Kikazaru, covering his ears, who hears no evil; and Iwazaru, covering his mouth, who speaks no evil. Sometimes there is a fourth monkey depicted with the three others; the last one, Shizaru, symbolizes the principle of "do no evil". He may be shown crossing his arms.

There are various meanings ascribed to the monkeys and the proverb including associations with being of good mind, speech and action. In the western world the phrase is often used to refer to those who deal with impropriety by looking the other way, refusing to acknowledge it, or feigning ignorance.

1 comment:

  1. Oh, it sounds interesting!!

    I wanna watch it if I have a time!! haha

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