The Color of Pomegranates [SEP] film editor
The Color of Pomegranates
The Color of Pomegranates (, "Tsvet granata"; , "Nřan guynə") is a 1969 Soviet art film written and directed by Sergei Parajanov. The film is a poetic treatment of the life of 18th-century Armenian poet and troubadour Sayat-Nova. It has appeared in some scholarly polls of the greatest films ever made.
Overview.
"The Color of Pomegranates" is a biography of the Armenian "ashug" Sayat-Nova (King of Song) that attempts to
of Pomegranates" made the Top 10 list for 1982 in "Cahiers du cinéma".
Filmmaker Mikhail Vartanov has said, "Besides the film language suggested by Griffith and Eisenstein, the world cinema has not discovered anything revolutionarily new until "The Color of Pomegranates", not counting the generally unaccepted language of the "Andalusian Dog" by Buñuel". According to Michelangelo Antonioni, "Parajanov's "Color of Pomegranates" is of a stunningly perfect beauty. Parajanov, in my opinion, is one of the best film