Deschutes Public Library

The color of pomegranates, a film by Sergey Parajanov

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videorecording

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The color of pomegranates

1027222607

a film by Sergey Parajanov

78

The Criterion collection, 918

"A breathtaking fusion of poetry, ethnography, and cinema, Sergei Parajanov's masterwork overflows with unforgettable images and sounds. In a series a tableaux that blend the tactile with the abstract, The Color of Pomegranites revives the splendors of Armenian culture through the story of the eighteenth-century troubadour Sayat-Nova, charting his intellectual, artistic, and spiritual growth through iconographic compositions rather than traditional narrative. The film's tapestry of folklore and metaphor departed from the realism that dominated the Soviet cinema of its era, leading 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 life to one of cinema's most enigmatic meditations on art and beauty"--Container

disc 1. Nṛan guyně (the Armenian version, aka Parajanov's cut) -- disc 2. [Special features]

live action

Color of pomegranatesColour of pomegranatesNṛan gouyneT︠S︡vet granataSayat Nova