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18.04.2024 - 16:45 / deadline.com
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is shining a spotlight on one of the most revered filmmakers in cinema history.
On Friday evening the museum in Los Angeles will screen a restored version of visionary Armenian filmmaker and poet Sergei Parajanov’s 1969 classic The Color of Pomegranates, marking the 100th anniversary of his birth. In addition, the museum is premiering the newly restored Parajanov: The Last Spring, a documentary about Parajanov directed by Soviet-born filmmaker and cinematographer Mikhail Vartanov.
The Color of Pomegranates, a visually metamorphic and hybrid narrative, follows the life of the great 18th century Armenian poet and musician, Sayat Nova. Oscillating between stillness and movement – Pomegranates is a mesmerizing wide-canvas painting on film and has been hailed as one of the greatest movies of all time in various polls conducted by Movieline, Time Out, and the British Film Institute’s magazine, Sight and Sound.
Vartanov’s documentary Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992), is a touching farewell tribute to his close friend and artistic collaborator. Filmed during the collapse of the Soviet Union, when Armenia was in a state of war and devoid of infrastructure and resources, Vartanov edited the film under candlelight. He incorporates stunning, wordless montages and documents Parajanov’s final days, preserving the original camera negative of Parajanov’s unfinished autobiographical film, The Confession.
Parajanov and Vartanov were both politically outspoken and controversial figures during the Soviet regime of the 1970s. Parajanov was imprisoned by Soviet authorities in Ukraine, and Vartanov was blacklisted for his film The Color of Armenian Land (1969). The dual maestros’ artistry has been
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