Ayari’s memories of love for cinema/I went through the wall to watch filming!

Charso Press: According to the public relations of the Iranian Cinema Museum, the Iranian Cinema Museum, in continuation of publishing its series of oral history programs, on the occasion of the birthday of veteran cinema writer and director Kianoush Ayari, has published parts of the conversation of this artist, which you can read below.

Kianoush Ayari saying that the 23rd of May 1330 He was born in Ahvaz, he said: My father was a businessman and owned a lot of shops, arcades, markets and a cinema called Cinema Dunya, which was said to be the largest cinema in Iran at that time.

Stating that his brother Dariush is five years older than him, he continued: Our economic situation was almost good, we enjoyed relative prosperity, and our main entertainment in those years was going to the cinema. If we traveled to another city, the most important place we went to in that city was still the cinema.

Ayari He said: In 1348, my father bought a Super 8 camera for my brother Dariush, and I used that camera as well. The use of this camera in the first years when it was new, mostly for parties, at the Haft table s And it was family trips. My uncle was an employee of Khuzestan water and electricity organization and he had the possibility to bring 16 mm cameras to his house or our house and because of the interest that was mostly in our house to watch movies, he had caused most of the shows to be in our yard. 16 mm cameras Elmo used to place it on the part of the stairs of the yard that was connected to the rooms, and a white cloth was placed on the opposite side of it, and on it were documentary films and show report was given

He continued: The films were not very important, but the breath of rotation of two big bobbins, the sound of the cameras and the light that shines on the screen from that lens. more important It was the quality of the movies for us. One Nrishan From these movies, I remember very well that he said “Hasan’s cow has three calves”. It is interesting that until today this Nrishan I remember it. Actually a cinema Padadizoi We had neighbors around our house who were mostly Armenians behind their roof They watched the movies that were shown in our yard and we didn’t have any problems.

In another part of his memoirs, Ayari said: In Ahvaz, news about movies reached us very quickly. I remember for filming the movie “Southern Adventurers” that Cameraman Ann Reza Anjamroz They had come to Ahvaz and it was very proud for the city of Ahvaz that a film crew came to that city to make a film because it showed the importance of Ahvaz city. I was also aware of the news related to the filming of the movie from my classmates. One night I went to one of the main streets of Ahvaz where they were located in the hotel. The next day I had a chemistry exam. I saw a Volkswagen parked and some young people were laying cables inside it. I realized that they were filming, so I stood there. It filled up behind the car and moved and I started running behind it and from the way it was changing, I guessed that it was going towards Karun river. I was still running and the car was going fast, it reached Ahvaz bridge and stopped, and I fell on the ground from exhaustion. Equipment was taken from the car by the workers and taken down the steps of the bridge to the riverside boulevard, when I got there there were thousands of people. a wall The police had also created so that ordinary people would not go to the place where they were filming.

He went on to say: I was a very shy child, but I had a lot of motivation to the extent that despite the thousands Someone there They were standing and couldn’t go inside. I was able to a wall that they created, to pass and be with the film crew until morning.

Ayari saying that Mr Anjamroz He was a very kind man, he said: all along Network I was with the film crew, sometimes I looked at him and sometimes at his 35 camera, and he realized that I was interested in cameras and cinema because I kept asking him questions. He told me would you like to look behind the camera and I said yes. I had seen 8mm cameras before, but when I looked at the back of the 35, I noticed a Frame There’s quite a mesh and it’s like I’m looking through a prison window. I was very impressed, so I asked him, are these frames meshed during filming? And he said yes these should be and I said so how do you see the picture he laughed and didn’t answer anymore. For me, the 8mm camera was more attractive because the screen was clean and I was having fun and kind of looking at life with the 8mm camera. Anyway, I was with the film crew that night until morning. I remember on the side advantage I was standing and looking at the actor Rezaei because at that time he was a face due to the number of plays he had. In the morning, I went to the class for the exam and did not pass advantage I said, Rezai, that night you made me fail the exam. (Laughing)