Kambiz Hosseini Interview with Jon Stewart

thank you so much for the opportunity mr. Stewart mr. Stewart wow you have a show here thank you it's very similar to my show and I heard that people are calling you a American version of kambiz hosseini is that is I brought a couple of rose waters to investigate this now yes based on that is that true uh you know at first I remember I first saw your show and I was just a kid growing up in Tehran and I would see you how was that how was that experience grow in Tehran uh you know the bagels were a little dry I'm gonna lie to you no I'm glad that you're doing the show and you're doing well and thank you so much basically I sold my dream you have my show you made a movie about Iran which I want it to do you know you still can I think I think they give me from what I understand I have not exhausted the topic no not yet no I think you can jump in on that can you explain to our audience Oh what what is what is it exactly you do here oh that's a great question our show is about taking in the events of the day that affect us emotionally and using the tools of humor satire of exaggeration of hyperbole of juxtaposition of puns and and those are the tools we use to comment on the events of the day it really is nothing more than that what do you think people should expect from a satire show news entertainment analysis point of view the different will have it backwards what do you expect what do you want don't listen to them okay listen to you I'm not listening to anybody anymore you got to get off you gotta get off the comment section that's gonna kill you you got to listen to you but the reactions they get from people I can't ignore there are some reactions you can tell if it is any of it constructive do you find any of it what do they say basically what they're said whatever I do does say do something else that's whatever I do they're like why are you doing this do this that's that's the problem well maybe when they get there so the problem of course we did you do of course you you that we live in a world of opinion okay let's just stop again no how about this yeah make that a part of your show do your should do the joke you want to do and then do three jokes and here's the three jokes that this type of person this type of person in this place person would rather have me do that's a great idea make it that way make that a part of your make your process a part of your show that conflict that you feel inside make that a part of your show yeah that's a show that's the show that's a good show actually that's a goodness do that that's what I'm saying yeah that's what I just said Cobra is gone would you replace me and I can do that show for you you really could do that yeah I think I'm good show that's right all right let's talk about rosewater I know you you explained this a million times yes but I have different audience that you need to explain this to right now yes what is it all about the story of rosewater it was Delano Maziar do they know monsieur bari our audience know myself okay so they know mother very well they know Maziar went to cover the 2009 elections he was arrested after the protests after he had filmed some things that turned very violent they held him in solitary confinement for 118 days and it's the story of how that all developed and hopefully presenting a at least for an American audience a more nuanced view of Iran and they're accustomed to seeing I think if your audience and Iranians I'm sure would would the film would be simplistic and kind of reductive it certainly doesn't have the nuance of somebody if the director had been Iranian or really knew the culture in a way but hopefully the story still resonate what was your perception of the Iranians before and after the movie well I think you know you have to look at it within the context of the American perception of the world we don't have particularly even within you know the the Nemesis relationship between Iran in the United States we don't have those particularly strong feelings we have a reductive now some of the United States would say about Iran there in the axis of evil in my perception of that is that's a ridiculous thing to say about a country now Iran might also then some people there might say death to America there the Great Satan that is as ridiculous and has reductive so my sense of Iran has always been that we have created a two-dimensional vision of it that in no way matches the reality on the ground in the way that some there have created a two-dimensional image of us and that we are talking past each other but as far as the the nuance of the culture itself only in the last few years as I've been introduced to it have I gotten a sense for it what was your biggest challenge doing this movie I had some actors kid named Tom B's I'm not even in the movie ah I mean you kept saying don't look directly into the camera it's not TV it's film that's my father off question like what's my character that's my father off question how did you just my ghost in the movie because my name isn't the credit yes but I'm not in it how did you you are it how did you bust who are you are in it you just don't say anything we thought it was best yes we looked through we thought you look great I thought very handsome thank you so much very good things we should maybe take his lines away I really enjoyed being we had a ball set yeah you know that was always and I thank you for your being gracious about it you know I like the movie dark ride four times bossing it thank you so much yeah where's it did you cry in the scenes that you knew should have been in there that we're gone under for the story none that actually I cried the scene that before people tweeting tweeting out yeah thanks you know I felt like the green movement you know was our cry for democracy and justice you know the sis that went away so those those moments my god yeah pain what if yeah yeah but it's a you know understanding you know when I came back and I looked at the rough cut it was three and a half hours long and and all those things but he would come he was actually quite good in it but it was a storyline and we couldn't but it was yeah you were actually quite good and we did have a nice time and you hit them really hard by your by your movie do any any communication any formal inquiries from them coming now I think it'll be done a little better maybe they would have called I think at this point they're probably more like yeah arthouse huh all right we'll live with that but I think it's an important movie well thank God you know they've done some stories on it the truth is and you see it in all regimes in all governments governments are thin-skinned and are not very agile in terms of reflecting on their known m'm perfections look look what's going on in this CIA report that's going out in this country I I feel you know I'll call Maziar up and be like that's why didn't they do any of that stuff to you I didn't know about this maybe they didn't DiMaggio date but they wanted that a lot of yeah what we're beginning to realize is these the apparatus of these things are ingrained when when regimes are fearful you know there's no other reason to to conduct yourselves at that level unless there is some real gripping fear of a lack of solid foundation of your regime it's the same thing like with bossom in egypt you know it if our president if the supreme leader if if the head of egypt who control these massive armies with massive weapons can't be made fun of you know what does that say about their security and that's and that's where it's important to do what you do it's great that you brought that CIA abuse report in Iran there are reports like this and all all the time and there is no discussion or the we have to discuss that outside of Iran right and people are having a hard time having an access to this kind of information right but here well I think that's the point too is that as as access gets democratized as the technology gets democratized those conversations you know the ultimate example of that is sort of North Korea who control the flow of information I mean that is a real cone of silence around that country and even if you were to look at from a satellite map at night you look at the earth and there's a little spot yeah they're just dark yeah and it's North Korea they're there you know and then there are various shades of that can you stick around can me have a couple more questions if you have to yeah and then I'd like to perform a numbers okay great like in like Chile I heard that I heard that your dream was to become musician I would love to because if I you know what I wish I had work where that is concerned talent I would like to have talent in that well you're telling these in any other ways that's the only thing you don't have when you're begging for it I would like to if I have musical talent you can trust me I wouldn't sit around here making jokes about things no I'd be out there so you're conflicted to John very because that very carefully so I think I think you know a lot about Iran now is because you research about it you you know you devoted some time of your life thinking about it and all that nowadays American officials they go and sit in front of Iranians and trying to negotiate to in my point of view bringing peace to the bringing solution yeah after the whole thing this is what your you stand for all the time peace and and and do you have any suggestions for negotiation negotiators that they go Americans who go and sit in front of Iranians Tony you can never go wrong with a good pheasant you that's always a good icebreaker it's delicious people I think negotiate better on a full Senate I honestly think the difficulty in peace and solutions is you have to wonder who benefits yeah I think there's a great benefit that Iran the leaders of Iran and maybe the leaders of America reap from the conflict a stability yeah countries man it's always good when your people have an enemy boy that that helps keep you in power when the people have an enemy and you can round so what I believe is is most necessary for peace is not necessary solutions because the solutions are probably not as complicated as we might imagine it's courage and owning the the instability of the future through that type of negotiation there very few leaders that have the type of courage to change the facebook status yeah of the countries they deal with from enemy to friend and and and then have to own whatever consequence of that there is John thank you so much appreciate it whenever white people I didn't I'm putting it back in the movie I had no idea that I was dealing with a man of this challenge thank you so much so have you have a director cut them there ah I do I actually do have a three and a half hour cut and I can assure you it's a giant piece I'm gonna be eating at cucumbers all thank you so much good man good man good to see you all right thank you so much everybody [Music]

Channel: Kambiz Hosseini

Views: 48,391

Rating: 4.908884 out of 5

Keywords: ایران, پولتیک, کامبیز, حسینی, Jon Stewart, The Daily Show, Iran, Kambiz Hosseini, Poletik, Interview with Jon Stewart, Political Satire, Iranian politics, Rosewater, Rosewater the movie, The Daily Show (TV Program), Jon Stewart (Celebrity), Parazit (TV Program), Voice Of America (Radio Station), Radio Farda (Organization), kambiz Hosseini, BBC Persian Television (TV Network)

Id: QZ9BAGqG78E

Length: 12min 30sec (750 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 20 2014