1. THE EMERGENCE OF MIDNIGHT EXPRESS AS A FILM AND PHENOMENON

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1. Frontmatter 1
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 7
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 9
4. INTRODUCTION 11
5. 1. THE EMERGENCE OF MIDNIGHT EXPRESS AS A FILM AND PHENOMENON 23
6. 2. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS AS AN "EASTERN" AND ORIENTALIST DISCOURSE 45
7. 3. INITIAL RECEPTION OF MIDNIGHT EXPRESS 61
8. 4. THE MIDDLE YEARS: MIDNIGHT EXPRESS IN THE 1980s AND 1990s 87
9. 5. CURRENT RECEPTION OF MIDNIGHT EXPRESS: VIEWER COMMENTS ON THE INTERNET 107
10. CONCLUSION 133
11. APPENDIX A - CORRECTIVE TURKISH VIEWER COMMENT (IMDb) 143
12. APPENDIX B - MARGINAL RESPONSE (IMDb) 144
13. BIBLIOGRAPHY 146