“Anti” criticizes the modern world / subjects outside the borders of Iran – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news
Ali Nikjoo, the author of the documentary series “Anti”, the second season of which, directed by Mohsen Karimian, is currently being aired on the documentary network, told Mehr about this documentary: I wrote the first 10 of the 20 “anti” episodes, but in the second chapter it was all over parts I wrote.
He continued: “This is our cooperation.” the shape Figure that Mohsen Karimian presented the subjects and ideas he had in mind, and I made jokes to bring our eyes closer together. As we progressed in the work, we tried to bring our mental space closer together so that we could reach the essence of what we had in mind, the “anti” critical approach. Of course, this closeness of minds was not always easy and sometimes we faced different challenges. .
The author of “Anti” stated that the main approach of the first and second seasons of this documentary series are not different from each other: a critical look at the modern lifestyle The main approach of the documentary series “Anti” has been in both seasons, but this seasons In detail and in fact Subjectivity There are differences with each other.
Nikjoo added: “In the first chapter, we dealt with larger issues in the general sense of the word, but in the second chapter, with the director’s decision, which was also the right thing to do, we focused on specific issues, but Simple We are gone, which encompasses the daily life of the people and are connected to it.
The author of “Anti” said that this documentary series has tried to distance itself from the boring and repetitive rhythm of archival documentaries. Was not. For example, in one of the episodes of the second chapter, children publish content in cyberspace and Parental use We paid for the income of these children. The challenging topic of this episode was the selection of examples that, in addition to tracing the roots of this event, are also attractive to the audience. This was eventually made possible by the reference to Charlie Chaplin’s “Child” actor and the telling of his bitter story.
Nikjoo pointed out that as one of the “anti” agents in the research and writing phase of this documentary series, he encountered issues that surprised him. These are my past issues, but under the pretext of making this documentary, I was able to follow the issues more accurately and deeply and write about them. In fact, approaching some anti-writing subjects will definitely affect my personal life as well.
The author of “Anti” went on to say that Iran is not specifically mentioned in any part of this documentary series, saying: “Anti” has gone to subjects whose origin and history have been somewhere outside the borders of Iran. Part of this has been intentional, which has to do with our approach, and part of it has to do with the relevance of issues whose history has nothing to do with Iran. in fact Algebra The choice of subjects and our main approach, which was to study the stereotypes of the modern world, caused us to turn to other countries and leave the judgment of the situation of these subjects in Iran to the audience.
نیکجو In response to the question of whether the choice of documentary format to express the issues addressed by the “anti” was correct or not, he explained: The documentary is more, better and more effective with the truth than other visual media Attention We had to document the topics we chose. In the documentary, there is an opportunity to give statistics, to convey facts and images directly to the audience, and to move away from the personal opinions of experts, which can sometimes be controversial.
In the end, he clarified about the audience’s response to this documentary series: The audience’s interest in the look and the type of “anti” production began in the first season, and this documentary series found a loyal audience waiting for the documentary to air weekly with a new theme from Networks are documented. Of course, “anti” has other audiences who follow it according to the issues raised in each episode, which is different and they see it in network or cyberspace advertisements, which may also become a permanent audience.
“Anti” documentary series produced and directed by Mohsen Karimian, which is a joint product of the Documentary Center سوره And it is a documentary network, it is broadcast on Mondays at 9 pm on the documentary network.