Bahram Bayzai

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Bahram Bayzai

Bahram Bayzai ( Persian بهرام بیضایی; * December 26, 1938 in Tehran ) is an Iranian screenwriter , dramaturge , director , producer and professor at Tehran University .

Bayzai belongs to the generation of Iranian filmmakers who were primarily oriented towards Italian neorealism and similar currents of the time and who are regarded as the “Iranian Nouvelle Vague”. This movement began in the 1960s and included other directors such as Abbas Kiarostami , Forugh Farrochzad , Sohrab Shahid Saless, and Parviz Kimiavi. Filmmakers excel in techniques such as the use of poetic dialogue, references to traditional art and culture, and allegorical storytelling, and often deal with political and philosophical issues.

Career

After studying Persian literature at Tehran University , Bahram Bayzai turned to the fine arts . Here he dealt with traditional Persian theater including puppet theater , pre-Islamic culture and Shahname , Shiite Passion plays and Persian miniature painting . All this in connection with his interest in the Far Eastern theater helped him to develop a new direction for the Iranian theater.

In 1964 he published the first of three pieces Seh Namāyesch-e Arusak (Three Puppet Shows ), which also reflect the influence of Pirandello and the absurd theater .

Bayzai's film career began in 1969 with directing Amū Sibilū (Uncle Mustache), which was followed by Safar (The Journey). In 1971 he brought out the film Ragbār ( downpour ), which is considered one of the most successful Iranian films. The film deals with the late Parviz Fanizadeh , who is known to the Iranian audience primarily for his role as Uncle Napoleon ("Dā'īdschān Nāpoleon") and who was also a drug addict.

Since then he has produced and directed a number of other films, including "Bāshu, the Little Stranger".

Bahram Bayzai is considered one of the most intellectual contemporary Iranian authors. He is primarily concerned with the issues of history and identity crisis, which he associates with Iranian cultural and mythological symbols and paradigms .

His daughter Niloofar Beyzaie also works as a playwright and director in Germany. His cousin is the writer and filmmaker Siba Shakib , who also owes him some inspirations.

Works and publications (selection)

1960s:

  • numerous articles in literary and art magazines
  • "Theater in Japan" (Theater in Japan)
  • "The eightth Voyage of Sindbad" ( Sindbad's eighth journey )
  • "Banquet"
  • "Serpant King" (King Serpant)
  • "Dolls"
  • "Story of the Hidden Moon" (story of the hidden moon)
  • Seh Namāyesh-e Arusak (Three Puppet Shows ( Dramas ))

Filmography (director)

  • 1969: Amū Sibilū (uncle mustache)
  • 1970: Safar - "The Journey", (Die Reise)
  • 1971: Ragbār - "Downpour", (The downpour)
  • 1974: Gharibé o Meh - "The Stranger and the Fog" (The Stranger and the Fog)
  • 1976: Kalāgh - "The Raven", (The Raven)
  • 1979: Chariké-ye Tārā - "Ballad of Tara", (The Ballad of Tara)
  • 1982: Marg-e Yazdgerd - "Death of Yazdgerd", (The death of Yazdgerd)
  • 1986: Bāshu, Gharibe-ye Kutschak - "Bāshu, the Little Stranger", ("Bāshu, the little stranger" - published 1989)
  • 1988: Shāyad Vaghti Deegar - "Maybe Some Other Time"
  • 1992: Mosāferān - "Travelers" (The Travelers)
  • 1998: Goft-o-gū bā Bād - "Talking with the Wind", (wind conversations)
  • 2001: Sagkoshi - "Killing Rabids" (Angry Killing)
  • 2006: Qāli-ye Sokhangū - (The Narrative Carpet)

Awards

literature

  • Hamid Dabashi: Masters & Masterpieces of Iranian Cinema . Mage Publishers, Washington DC 2007, ISBN 0-934211-85-X , pp. 253-280: Bahram Beizai; Bāshu, the Little Stranger.
  • Z. Qukasian (Ed.): Bahram Beyzaie, Collection of Essays . Agah, Tehran 1992.

Other spellings

  • Bahram Beyzai, Bahram Beizai, Bahram Beyzaie

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. English wiki article
  2. ↑ Dā'ī : brother of the mother
  3. ↑ In 1979 he died of a heroin overdose
personal data
SURNAME Bayzai, Bahram
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beyzai, Bahram; Beizai, Bahram; Beyzaie, Bahram
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian screenwriter, dramaturge, director, producer and professor at Tehran University
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Tehran