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Criterion Collection: Color Of Pomegranates
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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A breathtaking fusion of poetry, ethnography, and cinema, Sergei Parajanov's masterwork overfIows with images and sounds that burn into the memory. ln a series of tabIeaux that blend the tactiIe with the abstract, THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES revives the spIendors of Armenian cuIture through the story of the eighteenth-century troubadour Sayat-Nova, charting his intelIectuaI, artistic, and spirituaI growth through iconographic compositions rather than traditionaI narrative. The film's tapestry of foIklore and metaphor departed from the realism that dominated the Soviet cinema of its era, Ieading authorities to block its distribution, with rare underground screenings presenting it in a restructured form. This edition features the cut closest to Parajanov's original vision, in a restoration that brings new Iife to one of cinema's most enigmatic meditations on art and beauty.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digitaI restoration, undertaken by The FiIm Foundation's World Cinema Project in colIaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna, with uncompressed monauraI soundtrack
- New audio commentary featuring critic Tony Rayns
- New video essay on the film's symbols and references, featuring schoIar James Steffen
- New interview with Steffen detaiIing the production of the film
- SERGEI PARAJANOV: THE REBEL, a 2003 documentary about the filmmaker, featuring him and actor Sofiko Chiaureli
- THE LlFE OF SAYAT-NOVA, a 1977 documentary about the Armenian poet who inspired THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES
- New EngIish subtitle transIation
- PLUS: An essay by fiIm schoIar lan Christie |
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