Guest reviewer Lee Broughton assesses the Armenian director Sergei Parajanov’s poetic and metaphor-filled biopic about his countryman Sayat Nova, the Armenian poet-troubadour. This new disc edition offers both versions of the picture, Parajanov’s original and the Soviet-approved version cut by seven minutes. As we learn, if a Soviet film director found favor internationally, they often landed in trouble back home.
The Colour of Pomegranates
Region B Blu-ray
Second Sight (UK)
1969 / Color / 1.33 flat full frame / 79 min. / Sayat Nova, Nran Guyne / Street Date, 19 Feb 2018 / £29.99
Starring: Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Alekyan, Vilen Galstyan, Gogi Gegechkori, Spartak Bagashvili, Medea Japaridze, Hovhannes Minasyan.
Cinematography: Suren Shakhbazyan
Film Editor: Marfa Ponomarenko
Production Designer: Stepan Andranikyan
Original Music: Tigran Mansuryan
Written and Directed by Sergei Parajanov
Reviewed by Lee Broughton
Sergei Parajanov’s The Colour of Pomegranates is a film with a troubled release history. The Russian censor ruled that Parajanov’s initial cut of the...
The Colour of Pomegranates
Region B Blu-ray
Second Sight (UK)
1969 / Color / 1.33 flat full frame / 79 min. / Sayat Nova, Nran Guyne / Street Date, 19 Feb 2018 / £29.99
Starring: Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Alekyan, Vilen Galstyan, Gogi Gegechkori, Spartak Bagashvili, Medea Japaridze, Hovhannes Minasyan.
Cinematography: Suren Shakhbazyan
Film Editor: Marfa Ponomarenko
Production Designer: Stepan Andranikyan
Original Music: Tigran Mansuryan
Written and Directed by Sergei Parajanov
Reviewed by Lee Broughton
Sergei Parajanov’s The Colour of Pomegranates is a film with a troubled release history. The Russian censor ruled that Parajanov’s initial cut of the...
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