Maziyar Faridi: Notes on Politics of Friendship in Férydoun Rahnéma’s Modernism

The 68th episode of Parse is an excerpt of a talk given by Maziyar Faridi on Férydoun Rahnéma’s cinematic works. Faridi theorizes a notion of friendship-as-haunting at the understudied nexus between Rahnéma’s poetry, his theoretical writings on cinema, and his films. 
Fereydoun Rahnema was an Iranian film director and poet. He is most known for his 1960 short film, Takht-e Jamshid (Persepolis), and his feature film, Siavash dar Takht-e Jamshid (Siavash in Persepolis) in 1965. Although none of his films saw a theatrical release, they were highly influential within the Iranian New Wave movement. 
Maziyar Faridi is a comparative literature scholar and an Assistant Professor of English and Global Cinema at Clemson University in South Carolina. His research interests include critiques of sovereignty in continental philosophy, film theory, semiotics and psychoanalysis, and critical theory from the Global South. 
 To watch the full talk, click here: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Yaoaq2BoI&t=359s⁠