Outsiders: An Interview With Pirooz Kalayeh

Over the last three months, I have been working diligently to explore the impact and influence of the work of John Hughes, the legendary Chicagoan director and writer who defined a generation.

The payoff starts here: an interview I had with Hollywood veteran and Southern Illinois academic Pirooz Kalayeh about Hughes's influence on his life, his work, and his thoughts on the human experience.

Kalayeh has decades of experience with film production and a childhood love for the works of Hughes, along with maintaining an assistant professorship at SIU Carbondale. His new documentary film, Sometimes I Dream in Farsi, is available on Amazon and Tubi to stream right now.

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