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UNSEEN WORKING MATERIALS OF SERGEY PARAJANOV'S "COLOUR OF
POMEGRANATS" FILM SHOWN TO LARGE CIRCLE OF ART LOVERS
Yerevan, July 25. ArmInfo. The unseen working materials of Sergey
Parajanov's "The Colour of Pomegranates" were shown to a large number
of art lovers, today. "The manuscripts do not burn. The same thing
concerns the films," Levon Grigorian, film director, author of the
film, said this at today's film session at the State Picture Gallery
of Armenia. The new film comprises of the unseen working materials
of Parajanov's film that excluded by the Soviet censors.
The famous film by Parajanov had quite a tragic fate. The script to
the film was approved in 1966, but later, the CC of the Communist party
accused Parajanov of the existence of many mystical and erotic scenes
in the film. The edited version of film was given the IV category,
which meant that the film crew were totally deprived of their
emoluments. The film was renamed from "Sayat Nova" into "The Coulor
of Pomegranates" and was issued in five copies. The original version
of the film existed for only 20 days, while the frames excluded by
the censors were considered lost till 1995. Only then L.Grigorian
learnt that a part of the working materials on the film is kept in
Armenia. "This is a genuine miracle! Till now I don't know who I
shall be grateful to for that," Grigorian said, explaining that he
found the lost frames quite accidentally.
The film by Girgorian lasts 26 minutes and consists of 6 stories
based on the original script by Parajanov. After the film session.
Grigorian said that he is currently working on the next film based
on the same materials.
POMEGRANATS" FILM SHOWN TO LARGE CIRCLE OF ART LOVERS
Yerevan, July 25. ArmInfo. The unseen working materials of Sergey
Parajanov's "The Colour of Pomegranates" were shown to a large number
of art lovers, today. "The manuscripts do not burn. The same thing
concerns the films," Levon Grigorian, film director, author of the
film, said this at today's film session at the State Picture Gallery
of Armenia. The new film comprises of the unseen working materials
of Parajanov's film that excluded by the Soviet censors.
The famous film by Parajanov had quite a tragic fate. The script to
the film was approved in 1966, but later, the CC of the Communist party
accused Parajanov of the existence of many mystical and erotic scenes
in the film. The edited version of film was given the IV category,
which meant that the film crew were totally deprived of their
emoluments. The film was renamed from "Sayat Nova" into "The Coulor
of Pomegranates" and was issued in five copies. The original version
of the film existed for only 20 days, while the frames excluded by
the censors were considered lost till 1995. Only then L.Grigorian
learnt that a part of the working materials on the film is kept in
Armenia. "This is a genuine miracle! Till now I don't know who I
shall be grateful to for that," Grigorian said, explaining that he
found the lost frames quite accidentally.
The film by Girgorian lasts 26 minutes and consists of 6 stories
based on the original script by Parajanov. After the film session.
Grigorian said that he is currently working on the next film based
on the same materials.