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Title: Excellent Film
Review: I am completely amazed by the number of reviews which seem to reguard Midnight Express as a badly made film because it presents a negative portrait of Turkey or because it is only loosely rather than strictly based on the original book. The real question is "Does the film work within the framework it establishes?" And the answer to that is a resounding yes. Whether or not you believe the story is true, whether or not you believe the film is unreasonably negative toward the Turkish people, the film works. Davis is quite remarkable in his performance; the action is tense, taunt; the cinematography is unexpected lyrical. It is a film to be savored with repeat viewings.
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