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099    Streaming Video Kanopy 
245 00 Fifi Howls From Happiness.|h[Kanopy electronic resource] 
264  1 [San Francisco, California, USA] :|bKanopy Streaming,
       |c2015. 
300    1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 102 min.) :
       |bdigital, .flv file, sound 
336    two-dimensional moving image|btdi|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
344    digital 
347    video file|bMPEG-4|bFlash 
500    Title from title frames. 
518    Originally produced by Music Box Films in 2013. 
520    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. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
600 10 Mohassess, Bahman|d1931-2010. 
650  0 Artists|xSculptures|xPainters|zIran. 
650  0 Gay Men|zIran. 
655  7 Documentary films.|2lcgft 
700 1  Farahani, Mitra |d1975-|efilm director. 
710 2  Kanopy (Firm) 
856 40 |uhttps://naperville.kanopy.com/node/140206|zAvailable on 
       Kanopy 
856 42 |zCover Image|uhttps://www.kanopy.com/node/140206/external
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