![]() ![]() ![]() Even in less-heralded work like his adaptation of the sci-fi classic “ Fahrenheit 451,” Bahrani’s loyalty to the outcasts and underdogs-to those who can step back from the status quo and imagine how much effort it would take to destroy it-shines through. In “ Man Push Cart,” a Pakistani immigrant sells bagels and coffee out of a heavy cart he drags around Manhattan in “ Chop Shop,” a 12-year-old orphan tries to find enough work in Queens to support himself and his sister in the bigger-budgeted “ At Any Price” and “ 99 Homes,” Bahrani cast up-and-comers Zac Efron and Andrew Garfield, respectively, as young men whose hope in the American Dream is shattered by familial betrayal and economic devastation. ![]() For the majority of his career, the first-generation Iranian American has extended unfussy empathy to people struggling to make sense of the ever-changing world and their place within it. The films of Ramin Bahrani invite us to trespass into liminal space, and his sympathies are with the outsiders threatened to be left behind by those transitions. ![]()
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