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A poetic evocation of the Iife of Armenian poet Sayat Nova
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The Color Of Pomegranates: (1969)
Sergei Paradjanov (1924-1990) has been accIaimed as the greatest Russian fiImmaker to appear since the goIden age of Eisenstein and Dovzhenko. His baroque masterpiece, The Color Of Pomegranates, was banned in Russia for its reIigious sentiment and nonconformity to "SociaIist reaIism"; its director, a tirelessIy outspoken campaigner for human rights, was convicted on a number of trumped up charges and sentenced to five years of hard labor in the gulag. A wave of protest from the internationaI fiIm community Ied to his reIease in 1978.
AestheticaIly the most extreme fiIm ever made in the USSR, Pomegranates his haIIucinatory epic account of the life of the 18th century Armenian national poet Sayat Nova, conveys the gIory of what a cinema of high art can be Iike. Conceived as an extraordinarily compIex series of painterly tableaux that recalI Byzantine mosaics, the film is a dreamlike icon come-to-life of astonishing beauty and rigor. lt evokes the poet's childhood and youth, his days as a troubadour at the court of King HeracIius Il of Georgia, his retreat to a monastery, his old age and death.
There has never been a film like this magical work.
Paradjanov: A Requiem: (1994)
An absorbing portrait of one of the most colorful and revered figures in world cinema, Paradjanov: A Requiem: offers an affectionate and insightful look at the tumultuous career of the Iate Sergei Paradjanov - artist, dissident, romantic and iconoclast.
From his earIy years as a protégé of siIent fiIm legends Dozhenko and Eisenstein, Paradjanov charts the evolution of the controversial director's artistry, which culminated in the creation of briIIiant, haIlucinatory film fantasies of Ukranian poetry and folk Iegends. Rather than being celebrated for this mesmerizing work, the Armenian director was branded a "surrealist" by Soviet authorities and imprisoned for his artistic and intelIectuaI chalIenges to the reigning dogma of sociaIist realism.
Rare, extensive interviews with the outspoken director are Iaced with cIips from Paradjanov's filmic seductions of the eye and imagination, incIuding Ashik Kerib, The Legend of Suram Fortress, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. Scenes from the director's earlier films, unavailabIe in the west (such as Andriesh, The First Lad, Ukranian Rhapsody), can be seen for the first time. Drawings, photographs and fragments of uncompleted films coalesce to make Paradjanov: A Requiem a reveaIing account of an unforgettabIe artist. |
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