Hallo, ‚:) Wir waren der Meinung, dass es notwendig war, ein Video zu machen, in dem die Armenier das, was sie über die Darstellung von Armeniern im besten Bild und im Palmen -Film denken. Anora ist der erste beste Bildfilm mit Armeniern + der armenischen Sprache. Wir werden selten in den Mainstream-Medien vertreten und freuen uns zu sehen, dass ein Großteil der Kino-liebenden Jugendlichen in Eriwan Toros und Garniks Rollen in Anora genießen.
Bitte teilen Sie uns mit, ob es Probleme in Bezug auf Komposition und Interviewstil gibt, da wir in dieser Art von Inhalten sehr neu sind. Wir sind bereit, von Ihnen zu hören, wie wir unsere Videos besser machen können.
Von gorzom4k
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If you don’t tell your story, someone else will tell it for you. The African American community in the USA does that, the Jewish community does that, Native Americans do that, and lately even Arabs, with people like Ramy Youssef and Mo Amer. And I don’t want to hear that we don’t have what it takes, because we do. We have the right people in Hollywood, starting with Sev Ohanian, Angela Sarafian, and others.
One last thing: the movies don’t have to be about the Armenian Genocide. You can start with other awesome stories and projects, like Victor Maghakian and George Juskalian, both of them being among the most decorated people in the U.S. Army. Once you establish that, then you can do Armenian Genocide movies.
Garbage
This isn’t real Armenian representation. Anora uses Armenian language but still flattens Armenians into racist stereotypes — rich, controlling, and even literally referred to as monkeys in the film. That’s not inclusion, that’s dehumanization. Real Armenian history — genocide, diaspora, discrimination — is erased and replaced with cartoonish tropes.
Speaking Armenian isn’t enough. If the story mocks us and erases our real struggles, it’s not for us. Read [this article](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Anora) to learn more about the anti-Armenian tropes in Anora.
I thought the movie was actually funny. The representation didn’t bother me.
The movie „America America“ was a mainstream film that won numerous awards and was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress.
It features multiple Armenian characters, and while the majority of Armenian actors were not Armenian, there are Armenian actors who speak Armenian in the film.
I have no idea why „Anora“ is being put out as the first of its kind but it’s not.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0056825/awards/?ref_=tt_awd
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_America
It’s available on YouTube
https://youtu.be/NwG34kPsr1E?si=deSnhsdCf0KApy3K
Just consider it as an OK comedy worth watching once and everything feels right. But the best picture?! I can imagine how bad the other nominations were if Anora won the best picture.
If people hated Anora, they should definitely stay away from Tangerine by the same director. I think that would most definitely ruffle some feathers.
I may be in the minority here, but I loved Anora for so many reasons and I think it completely deserved all the awards – whether it had Armenians in it or not. Baker is a visionary storyteller who makes the real world seem unbelievable. I’m also generally a huge fan of Baker’s work and of Nights of Cabiria, which was one of the inspirations behind Anora. So I’m putting out my biases out here for fairness in my assessment.
I can also see why people see the portrayal of Toros and Garik may be a stereotype. I totally get it. I had this discussion with family members I recommended this to who believed this is an uncomfortable stereotype (obviously with heavy warnings about the sex). But does this not exist?
Beyond that, Toros is a complex character and so is Garik. Garik is dealing with coming to a foreign land as an immigrant, and one of the dialogues insinuates he took this job as a method of survival – (I.e, I should have just gone back to Armenia bro – or something along those lines). Toros is, ultimately, a family man. This is a job he took. We don’t know why or how, but he did and presumably to take care of his family.
Most characters in this movie makes choices that ensures their survival – Ani is a sex worker, a profession typically looked down on by greater society; Igor is taking odd jobs and vocalizing support of Anj which is tying him up with potentially scary people (Vanya’s mob family) while he and his grandma survive; and Garik and Toros do this to survive and preserve their family structure and financial stability. Can we really judge any of the characters for their choices? Are they all not immigrants/children of immigrants under a specific socioeconomic status? Are they all not the victims of a rich, crybaby emotional tourist (vanya)? Do Russians not look down on Armenians?
Karen, the actor for Toros, has collaborated with Baker on other work, including Tangerine, the Florida Project, Starlet, and Take Out. He always portrays Armenians and I think that’s incredible to have an Armenian portray Armenians and have some power over his roles. I want to believe that Sean really takes insight from Karen and I am curious to know what their dialogue would have been about these characters.
I don’t want to invalidate people who find this to be a stereotype. But I think there’s so much complexity about class, ethnicity, and immigration that’s worthy of being explored.
Excuse my lengthy response – this movie is one of my favorite films that has come out in the 2020s and I get happy that there’s dialogue about it – whether negative or positive haha