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\"Kedi<\/a>
Photo from the film Kedi featuring a cute cat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

KEDI<\/strong>
\nOscilloscope Laboratories<\/strong>
\nReviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya<\/strong>
\nGrade: B+<\/strong>
\nDirector:\u00a0 Ceyda Torun<\/strong>
\nCast: B\u00fclent \u00dct\u00fcn, Mine Sogut, Elif Nursad Atalay<\/strong>
\nScreened at: Critics\u2019 Link, NYC, 5\/4\/17<\/strong>
\nOpens: February 10 , 2017 in theaters.\u00a0 May 10, 2017 on YouTube Red<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some people are dog people and some are cat people<\/a>.\u00a0 Much depends on both the residencies of the human beings and their psychological makeup.\u00a0 Those who like to be fawned over, to be treated like a god, prefer dogs.\u00a0 Those who admire and respect the aloofness, yet the occasional willingness of animals to be\u00a0 loved\u00a0 by people prefer cats.\u00a0 America, France, England and Germany are big on dogs<\/a>.\u00a0 Turks in Istanbul have the equivalent respect and love for cats, and how could they not, considering that the animals seem to be everywhere.\u00a0 The felines are of various colors; ginger, black and white being their favorites.\u00a0 The breed like rabbits and treat their spawn as any animal would.\u00a0 In this gracious and lovely documentary<\/a>, we find that the principal subjects do not speak; they are thankfully not the talking heads that bore us in other documentaries.\u00a0 But they will deign to allow people to feed them, hold them, pet them, brush them.<\/p>\n

They are not simply tolerated but appreciated, even though they appear to outnumber the people of Istanbul.\u00a0 They are used as ratters, as terriers used to be employed, and we are told by some of the many human beings who have speaking roles in \u201cKedi\u201d (the Turkish word for \u201ccat\u201d<\/a>) that they were kept on ships for that purpose.\u00a0 But the Turkish-born director Ceyda Torun, who now lives in the U.S., shows us only a single rat, and while Alp Korfali and Charlie Wupperman do not train their lenses on what is to happen to the poor rodent, they do afford us with a variety of shots including fantastic closeups that appear to penetrate the feline soul.\u00a0 They might even have put cameras on the heads of some of the cats, allowing them to become assistant cinematographers.<\/p>\n

What do these cats do for the Turks aside from conning them for food?\u00a0 One fellow, who cites his nervous breakdown in 2002, states that the therapy he received from the cats cured him of his depression.\u00a0 Another man, learning from experience perhaps, rather than books, notes that you should watch out when petting a cat lest those creatures near it react in a feral way because of jealousy.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no doubt whatever that these are resourceful animals, able to lay guilt trips on human beings who may prefer to eat all that turkey and chicken themselves.\u00a0 So many people in Istanbul go beyond sharing their own plates by traveling about with large bags of the particular edibles that \u201ctheir\u201d cats like.<\/p>\n

You may go away from this nature story with the thought that we in the U.S. who own cats should not be keeping them indoors.\u00a0 Dogs cannot tolerate<\/a> sitting around in a living room if not taken out, and would tear up your apartment if you did not feel like walking them.\u00a0 These cats love being outdoors all the time, taking a break from climbing trees and socializing with others of their ilk by stepping into restaurants for nourishment.\u00a0 Who needs to remove the claws that nature gave to them and imprison them in your home when they should be let out on their own to roam for a few blocks, then return to you at the end of each day\u2019s adventure?<\/p>\n

The many stars of this delightful movie may be the only ones who can with punity resist the growing powers of their country\u2019s president, as they are not the sort who would take dictation from anyone whether with two legs or four.<\/p>\n

Unrated.\u00a0 79 minutes.\u00a0 \u00a9 Harvey Karten, Member, New York Film Critics Online<\/strong>
\nComments, readers?\u00a0 Agree? Disagree? Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Story \u2013 B+<\/strong>
\nActing \u2013 A-<\/strong>
\nTechnical \u2013 A-<\/strong>
\nOverall \u2013 B+<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Kedi’ official trailer:
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