A City Under Siege
By ANDREW FINKEL
ISTANBUL — These days the answer to “they don’t make ’em like that anymore” is “Conquest 1453,” the new spear-and-molten-pitch swashbuckler movie that has Turkish viewers storming their local cinemas in record-breaking numbers. It tells the story of the Ottomans’ successful siege of Constantinople through the eyes of Sultan Mehmet II, with a neat subplot about a cross-dressing female cannon maker who made victory possible.
More:Success of the Film 'Conquest 1453' in Turkey Is Tied to Metaphor of Conquering Istanbul - NYTimes.com
