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Fifi Howls From Happiness.

Title	Fifi Howls From Happiness.
Publication Date:	2015
Publication Place	- Kanopy Streaming
Subject	Mohassess, Bahman 1931-2010. Artists > Sculptures > Painters > Iran. Gay Men > Iran.
Type	Other
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 102 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Library:	Yale University
Record ID	99172355243408651
Date	2015
Notes	Title from title frames. Originally produced by Music Box Films in 2013.
Sample Text	Mitra Farahani's lyrical documentary explores the enigma of provocative artist Bahman Mohassess, the so-called "Persian Picasso," whose acclaimed paintings and sculptures dominated pre-revolutionary Iran. Irreverent and uncompromising, a gay man in a hostile world, Mohassess had a conflicted relationship with his homeland-revered by elites in the art scene and praised as a national icon, only to be censored later by an oppressive regime. Known for his iconoclastic art as well as his scathing declarations, Mohasses abandoned the country over 30 years ago for a simple, secluded life in Italy. While the new Iranian government destroyed many of his works, Mohassess himself obliterated even more-- in rage at man's inhumanity to man, environmental destruction, and the futility of idealism. Ranging from tender to playful to haunting to grotesque, these unforgettable pieces were as mercurial as the man himself, a chain-smoking recluse with the mouth of a sailor and the soul of a poet, touched by a mischievous spark and as likely to lapse into a political rant as a burst of eccentric laughter. Determined to interview Mohassess, fine artist/filmmaker Farahani discovers him living alone in a hotel room in Rome and begins to craft the perfect final biography, in his own words and on his terms. Along the way, the inimitable spirit of the man behind the image is laid bare-both painfully sensitive and crudely comical, "condemned to paint," but unable to compel himself to leave anything behind as a legacy. When a pair of artist brothers and ardent fans of Mohassess commission him for an ambitious project, the elderly man is inspired with a renewed sense of purpose and returns to painting after decades of dormancy. 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 regrets.
Kataloğa Eklendi	July 19, 2024
Diğer Sorumlular	Farahani, Mitra 1975- film director Kanopy (Firm)
Yerel Notlar	Access is available to the Yale community.
Yayıncı Numarası	1140205 Kanopy
Varyant ve İlgili Başlıklar	Kanopy Base

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Fifi Howls From Happiness.

Publication Date 2015

Publication Place - Kanopy Streaming

Subject Mohassess, Bahman 1931-2010. Artists > Sculptures > Painters > Iran. Gay Men > Iran.

Type Other

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 102 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound

Library Yale University

Record ID 99172355243408651

Date 2015

Notes Title from title frames. Originally produced by Music Box Films in 2013.

Sample Text Mitra Farahani's lyrical documentary explores the enigma of provocative artist Bahman Mohassess, the so-called "Persian Picasso," whose acclaimed paintings and sculptures dominated pre-revolutionary Iran. Irreverent and uncompromising, a gay man in a hostile world, Mohassess had a conflicted relationship with his homeland-revered by elites in the art scene and praised as a national icon, only to be censored later by an oppressive regime. Known for his iconoclastic art as well as his scathing declarations, Mohasses abandoned the country over 30 years ago for a simple, secluded life in Italy. While the new Iranian government destroyed many of his works, Mohassess himself obliterated even more-- in rage at man's inhumanity to man, environmental destruction, and the futility of idealism. Ranging from tender to playful to haunting to grotesque, these unforgettable pieces were as mercurial as the man himself, a chain-smoking recluse with the mouth of a sailor and the soul of a poet, touched by a mischievous spark and as likely to lapse into a political rant as a burst of eccentric laughter. Determined to interview Mohassess, fine artist/filmmaker Farahani discovers him living alone in a hotel room in Rome and begins to craft the perfect final biography, in his own words and on his terms. Along the way, the inimitable spirit of the man behind the image is laid bare-both painfully sensitive and crudely comical, "condemned to paint," but unable to compel himself to leave anything behind as a legacy. When a pair of artist brothers and ardent fans of Mohassess commission him for an ambitious project, the elderly man is inspired with a renewed sense of purpose and returns to painting after decades of dormancy. 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 regrets.

Kataloğa Eklendi July 19, 2024

Diğer Sorumlular Farahani, Mitra 1975- film director Kanopy (Firm)

Yerel Notlar Access is available to the Yale community.

Yayıncı Numarası 1140205 Kanopy

Varyant ve İlgili Başlıklar Kanopy Base