Arman nshanian biography

If we try to compare this portrayal of Komitas with the protagonist in Vigen Chaldranyan’s Alter Ego (2015), who is also mythologized throughout the film, we would notice some clear differences.

Chaldranyan uses Komitas as a ghost, who is either pursued or who himself pursues the film’s other characters. The director continuously questions allegations about the priest.

A natural performer, his parents opened one of the first Armenian theatrical companies in Los Angeles back in where thousands would gather.

Nationality: USA. Languages: English (mother tongue).

Arman Nshanian has been directing, producing and acting for 30 years.

Armenian Wikipedia · place of birth · Yerevan.

Photo by Arman Nshanian in Kidspace Children's Museum with @ · Photo by Arman Nshanian in Los Angeles.

Meanwhile in his film, Nshanian presents his point of view about Komitas the person. Unlike Chaldranyan, Arman Nshanian makes no attempt to unravel the mystery of Komitas’ silence, which is present in Songs of Solomon even before the priest’s appearance in the psychiatric hospital.

Another interesting example of presenting the memory of the Genocide with a pivotal artist at its center is Atom Egoyan.

His Ararat tells the story of another great Armenian intellectual, Arshile Gorky, but uses an alternative way to weave the narrative. Despite the fact that no hard facts about Gorky’s biograph