Database of movie trailers, clips and other videos for fifi howls from happiness 20. Fifi howls from happiness fifi az khoshhali zooze mikeshad. Fifi howls from happiness though shy on background info, the docu offers a fascinating portrait of iranian artist bahman mohassess. English, french, russian documentary a documentary on provocative artist bahman mohassess, the socalled persian picasso, whose acclaimed paintings and sculptures dominated prerevolutionary iran. August 8th, 2014 limited by music box films, released as fifi howls from happiness.
Irreverent and uncompromising, a gay man in a hostile world, mohassess had a. But audiences often took offence at the pronounced phalli on his mostly naked bronze figures and his work was regularly censored. A portrait of the artist as a refusenik, a recluse, a survivor and a stubborn question mark, fifi howls from happiness registers, by turns, as a celebration, an excavation and an. If fifi howls from happiness initially suggests, by default, a relationship of savant and pupil between the cloistered artist and the young filmmaker, that impression gets, fittingly, destroyed as well. Fifi howls from happiness film irani, download full movie. Fifi howls from happiness on dvd 7460538641 from music box films. Aug 08, 2014 fifi howls from happiness release date. Fifi howls from happiness is a lyrical documentary that explores the enigma of provocative iranian artist bahman mohassess, dubbed the persian picasso, whose acclaimed paintings and sculptures dominated prerevolutionary iran before he was driven into exile. Fifi howls from happiness iran by ken eisner on september 30th, 20 at 3. Farahani directs with a kind of lyrical grace, turning that little roman apartment into an artistic treasure trove. Oct 15, 2017 bahman mohassess was a celebrated artist at the time of the shah. Fifi howls from happiness is a lyrical documentary that explores the enigma of provocative iranian artist bahman mohassess, dubbed the persian picasso, whose acclaimed paintings and. Fifi howls from happiness 20 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Nonetheless, fifi howls from happiness the title stems from one of mohasses paintings that he refused to part with emerges as a provocative portrait of an artist who seemed hellbent on.
A documentary on provocative artist bahman mohassess, the socalled persian picasso, whose acclaimed paintings and sculptures dominated prerevolutionary iran. In the iranian artists paintings, sculptures, and collages from the 1950s forwardon ample display in the new documentary fifi howls from happinessall manner of grotesquely knobbed bodies grapple over one another or else all alone in a void, toward. In the iranian artists paintings, sculptures, and collages from the 1950s forwardon ample display in the new documentary fifi howls from happinessall manner of grotesquely knobbed bodies grapple over one another or else all alone in a void, toward something unseen. Fifi howls from happiness depicts the final days of an. Fifi howls from happiness antenna festival 20 youtube. Fifi howls from happiness evokes feelings in exile of the liveliness of culture in tehran decades earlier, without a breath of nostalgia. It was said he destroyed his remaining paintings and disappeared. Fifi howls from happiness fifi az khoshhali zooze mikeshad by mitra farahani 20 dvdrip persian 720400 avc, 2000 kbps ac3 448 kbps 1. For its farahanis film that lifts mohassess up like a lastminute gurney, bringing him both the irresistible attention of a sophisticated. Fifi howls from happiness 20 directed by mitra farahani.
Incorporating the abrupt shifts in mood and tone and the jittery nature of mohassess storytelling to dictate the pace of her film, farahani bursts onto the screen with a creative force as powerful as that of the painters most outrageous works. Fifi howls from happiness irreverent and uncompromising, a gay man in a hostile world, mohassess had a conflicted relationship with his homelandrevered by elites in the art scene and praised as a national icon, only to be censored later by an oppressive regime. You are wrong to believe you are free, proclaims bahman mohasses, the 79yearold artist who is the subject of fifi howls from happiness, a lively. December 2nd, 2014 by music box films video, released as fifi howls from happiness. Fifi howls from happiness, dvd, special interestart, 7460538641. Aug 14, 2014 yet if fifi howls from happiness is a little ragged and pretentious around the edges, its mostly fascinating in its rapt gaze, and it allows us to revel in dozens of images of mohassess works. Her latest documentary film, fifi howls from happiness, on painter bahman mohassess, premiered at the 20 berlin and telluride film festival. Such paradoxes, farahanis movie suggests, are as essential as anything when trying to convey the worth of an artist. Art may essentially be an act of creation, but annihilation nonetheless forms the dark heart of bahman mohasses work. But at its core, fifi howls from happiness is a great tragedy, mourning for the loss of hundreds of works of art that can never be replaced. Aug 08, 2014 a portrait of the artist as a refusenik, a recluse, a survivor and a stubborn question mark, fifi howls from happiness registers, by turns, as a celebration, an excavation and an. Named for mahassess most favorite of his paintings, the film is an engaging and deeply moving exploration an artists last days, one who is taking stock of a life while preparing to paint one final masterpiece.
This is fifi howls from happiness, trailer by urban group on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Review fifi howls from happiness from the front row. One of the artists prominently represented in that exhibition, bahman mohassess, is the subject of iranian filmmaker mitra farahanis fascinating documentary fifi howls from happiness, which is as much a portrait of an extravagant personality as it is an account of his work. Trained in italy, he created sculptures and paintings in his homeland. Irreverent and uncompromising, a gay man in a hostile world, mohassess had a conflicted relationship with. Aug 07, 2014 nonetheless, fifi howls from happiness the title stems from one of mohasses paintings that he refused to part with emerges as a provocative portrait of an artist who seemed hellbent on. By its bittersweet end, fifi howls from happiness has stayed almost entirely in one apartment and yet somehow unveiled both a life in full and a blank canvas.
A lasting tribute to an elusive artistic genius, fifi howls from happiness affirms the power of creative freedom, the right of the artist to create and to destroy, and above all, to have no. Fifi howls from happiness, from mitra farahani the new. Aug 04, 2014 if fifi howls from happiness initially suggests, by default, a relationship of savant and pupil between the cloistered artist and the young filmmaker, that impression gets, fittingly, destroyed as well. Lgbt, artists, biography, painter, sculpter, italy. Fifi howls from happiness official trailer youtube. Fifi howls from happiness 20 from butimar productions pro. After a voluntary thirtyyear exile, this curious contemporary diogenes is preparing to create a final work, which has been commissioned by two young iranian collectors, who are themselves artists. After a voluntary thirtyyear exile, this curious contemporary diogenes is preparing to create a final work, which has been. Fifi howls from happiness a revealing portrait of persian. Bahman mohassess was a celebrated artist at the time of the shah. Fifi howls from happiness antenna festival 20 antenna festival. Its foulmouthed curmudgeon gadfly will earn it a place on. Even mohassess, faced with painting one last work, seems daunted by the task of returning to his easel, dwarfed by an unreachable. Incorporating the abrupt shifts in mood and tone and the jittery nature of mohassess storytelling to dictate the pace of her film, farahani bursts onto the screen with a creative force as powerful as that of.
A portrait of the artist as a refusenik, a recluse, a survivor and a stubborn question mark, fifi howls from happiness registers, by turns, as a celebration, an excavation and an increasingly urgent rescue mission. Directed by mitra farahani, the film lists bahman mohasses as a castmember. Fifi howls from happiness documents the last two months in the life of bahman moassess, a celebrated iranian artist at the time of the shah. Yet if fifi howls from happiness is a little ragged and pretentious around the edges, its mostly fascinating in its rapt gaze, and it allows us to revel in dozens of images of mohassess works. Iranian artist and filmmaker mitra farahani chronicles the last days of bahman mohassess, who has been described as the persian picasso. August 8, 2014 mitra farahanis lyrical documentary fifi howls for happiness explores the enigma of provocative artist bahman mohassess, the socalled persian picasso, whose acclaimed paintings and sculptures dominated prerevolutionary iran. Mitra farahanis lyrical documentary explores the enigma of provocative artist bahman mohassess, the socalled persian picasso, whose acclaimed paintings and sculptures dominated prerevolutionary iran. Feb 16, 20 fifi howls from happiness though shy on background info, the docu offers a fascinating portrait of iranian artist bahman mohassess. Oct 02, 20 database of movie trailers, clips and other videos for fifi howls from happiness 20. Fifi howls from happiness fifi az khoshhali zooze mikeshad movies, documentary. Click to expand the mega menu click to expand search input.
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