I've never seen Hamam (aka Steam: The Turkish Bath). Based on the box info and suggestive photo, my bff rented it. He had assumed that it was a sleaze film. To his great disappointment, it was not. And, he told me aaaaaaaall about it.
A couple of years later, while on a Middle-Eastern-influenced electronica hunt, I discovered its excellent soundtrack (or, rather, its excellent couple of songs, as most are either short scene pieces or variations of the main theme). It was composed by Genoese duo Trancendental and features a number of guest musicians and vocalists.
This version of the main theme was remixed by Trancendental. The lyrics were written by Ferzan Özpetek, Hamam's director, and sung by Rosie Wiederkehr.
Cristina, cable-free and slowly melting
Haha, I watched this with my younger sister quite a while ago. There wasn't much interesting me in the video rental shop, and I noticed this video newly stocked in the Foreign section. I'm not sure what made us rent it, but we found out that it was a completely different movie than what we had expected. We both had a kind of funny, "What?! Well, I guess that makes sense seeing that it's about a Turkish bath house," moment.
Posted by: ç§€å¾ | 03/20/2007 at 03:30 AM
Haha. I never thought that Turkish Bath could cause so much surprise in so many. You didn't expect the love? My friend expected more nudie scenes and was surprised by the ending. I've bothered him about this for years.
Posted by: W♥M | 03/20/2007 at 07:43 PM