Two years after Midnight Express caused an international stir, Captain Oveur asked Joey this unforgettable question which always puzzled me until I saw this movie. Fortunately, I have never been to one, and I can honestly say that despite the comments on this site that they are the next best thing to Club Med, I am in no hurry to visit one!
Which raises the question, how do all these Turkish commentators know that prisons and prison life in 1970s Turkey is not how it's depicted here? Either IMDb is populated with Turkish ex-cons or they don't know and are wrong (seeing that no one ever is freed from a Turkish prison). And if Billy Hayes was such a threat to the kind, gentle Turkish society and deserved a life sentence, why didn't the Turkish gov't deport him?
I guess I could criticize the character development of the prison guards as shallow and one-sided. I am sure they had many redeeming qualities that if more fully explored would explain that the torture was just symptomatic of deeper, inner pain experienced as children.
At any rate, I am sure Joey knew that Turkish prison guards and Captain Oveur's suggestion couldn't be any good, even without seeing this movie or reading IMDb comments from Turkish ex-cons!
Which raises the question, how do all these Turkish commentators know that prisons and prison life in 1970s Turkey is not how it's depicted here? Either IMDb is populated with Turkish ex-cons or they don't know and are wrong (seeing that no one ever is freed from a Turkish prison). And if Billy Hayes was such a threat to the kind, gentle Turkish society and deserved a life sentence, why didn't the Turkish gov't deport him?
I guess I could criticize the character development of the prison guards as shallow and one-sided. I am sure they had many redeeming qualities that if more fully explored would explain that the torture was just symptomatic of deeper, inner pain experienced as children.
At any rate, I am sure Joey knew that Turkish prison guards and Captain Oveur's suggestion couldn't be any good, even without seeing this movie or reading IMDb comments from Turkish ex-cons!