Parajanov akashanda makore mana kubva mutongo wake wemakore mashanu, uye akazoti kusunungurwa kwake kwekutanga kwaive nekuedza kwemunyori wechiFrench Surrealist uye munyori wenhau Louis Aragon, mudetembi weRussia Elsa Triolet (mukadzi waAragon), uye munyori weAmerica John Updike. Kusunungurwa kwake kwekutanga kwakabvumidzwa naLeonid Brezhnev, Secretary General weCommunist Party yeSoviet Union, pamwe semhedzisiro yemusangano waBrejnev naAragon naTriolet paBolshoi Theatre muMoscow. Paakabvunzwa naBrejnev kana aigona kubatsira, Aragon akakumbira kusunungurwa kwaParajanov, kwakaitwa muna Zvita 1977. Paakanga ari mutirongo, Parajanov akagadzira huwandu hwezvivezwa zvidiki-zvakadai semadhora (zvimwe zvacho zvakarasika) uye 800 madhirowa, uye mazhinji e collages, ayo akarambidzwa naJohn Updike.
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