Guney's motif of man set against backdrop of formidable landscape is used quite often in this film and provides some of the best images of Ac Kurtlar. All the troubles of the characters seem somewhat pathetic to the snow covered mountains. Guney offers us look at inexcusable honor killings and the final scene is allegorical for the social uprisings going on in Turkey at the time that would lead to the coup of 71
Yes his documentaries are very interesting. So much unlike any of the other work that he's done. Similar to Louis Malle in a way that he utilized the new wave aesthetic but was never included or proclaimed to be a part of the new wave.
He has a delicate approach and one can tell how interested he is in what he is documenting. From what I've seen it is an extremely romantic portrait of the city. Similar to Varda's documentary about Cote d'Azur.
The thread is up now. it's called Maurice Pialat - Cinema Real. Feel free to add any thoughts or whatever. I'm going to regularly update with interviews, articles, pics and such.