Feeling Blue and 31
2010 · IMDB 5.5 · 754 VOTES · DIR. Ali Yorgancıoğlu
Overview
31 is popular Turkish slang for masturbation. Feeling Blue and 31 is the story of two young men whose lives quite literally come to rest upon the performance of their appendages. Ege and Kerem are 25-year-old virgins who masturbate excessively. One day Eros appears to them and threatens to castrate them if they fail to get laid within the subsequent seven days. Thus begins an often hilarious, tragic- comic struggle to have sex which involves a dance class, bar-hopping and sultry neighbours. Shot as the result of a bet over just 24 hours, the film has a winningly natural feel, in large part due to the directors’ decision to allow the actors to improvise dialogue within the framework of each scene. First-time actors Ozan Özcan and Deniz Alnıtemiz are perfect as the bumbling, funny and frequently terribly embarrassing leads who come across a bit like Turkey’s answer to ‘Flight of the Conchords’. Destined for cultish fame, Feeling Blue and 31 makes its world premiere at !f.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,347 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:05 FEELING LOW & 31 (31 is slang for masturbation)
00:03:17 Look how thin you are. So…
00:05:39 I used to trim them butch style-
00:07:46 No, not that.
00:10:24 Eros. Call me Eros.
00:14:20 to me about all the girls you’ve done, that’s my problem.
00:18:00 No, not here, but they’ll help you.
00:22:43 alone at home, for personal stuff.
00:25:20 We love her so much.
00:28:29 We need to talk, Ege. This just isn’t working out.
00:31:45 How is it? Take a look.
00:37:41 What do you mean? We’re here.
00:41:20 -Let’s go, why bother explaining? -Turn right, third street on the left.
00:46:40 -You went to a lot of trouble. -Would you like to try it...
00:51:26 My back is fucked.
00:54:02 We really should hang out again. I’m serious. I don’t have many friends.
00:57:43 from the bartender at seven o’clock in the morning.
01:02:06 That's what you think.
01:05:27 When I met them, they weren’t like this at all.
01:10:44 -A banana. -Banana.
01:15:43 Legs.
01:18:47 -You don't want to fuck her? -No. I’ll fuck her good and hard.
01:22:15 -Of course not. -Are you sure?
01:26:59 All the while the fake rain was going, the lights were on, the…