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‘Hysteria’ Director Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay Discusses Struggles of Minority Filmmakers in Germany, Breaking Stereotypes, Adapting ‘Mephisto’
Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay’s 'Hysteria' offers a timely look at Germany’s Muslim community and the subtle racism it faces.
Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay’s suspense drama “Hysteria” offers a timely look at Germany’s diverse West Asian community and the subtle racism and hypocrisy that often permeates liberal discourse about immigrants and foreign cultures. In general, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Rainer Werner Fassbinder are my absolute role models when it comes to their radicalism in their cinematic and human search as well as their depiction of social realities. I would like to film “Mephisto” by Klaus Mann in the present, a great book about the lack of ideas, empty phrases and lethargy of artists in the face of the increasing right-wing threat and their subsequent adjustment after the seizure of power.
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