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ANNIVERSARY OF LATE CINEMATIC GENIUS SERGEY PARAJANOV
By Salome Modebadze
The Messenger
http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/2523_january_12_2012/2523_parajanov.html
Jan 12 2012
Georgia
Sergey Parajanov, the late film director with a unique way of
representing life and special understanding of cinematography, would
have become 88 years old on January 9, 2012. His 88th anniversary was
especially celebrated in Tbilisi with a film about his life made by
Iranian Director Rahim Mortezavand. Having become interested in the
phenomenon of Parajanov the Iranian director found it easy to work
in the landscape of Tbilisi - the city where Parajanov's career had
started. Tbilisi, with its special relationships among people and
traditional values thus became the place where Mortezavand's film was
premiered, at Rustaveli Cinema, for people who knew and appreciated
Parajanov and his art.
Yuri Mechitov, a photographer who spent many years working with the
Georgian-born ethnic Armenian "genius", spoke of Parajanov as "a person
in love with people." Having assisted the Iranian director in making
the film about Parajanov, Mechitov expressed his gratitude to the
public who came to attend the premier of the film called In the Name
of the Pomegranates, according to one of Parajanov's well-known films.
"We live in a century where the number of geniuses is decreasing -
gifted people all over the world are being oppressed," Mechitov
told The Messenger worrying that entertainment has become the only
motivation for modern directors while Parajanov thought more about the
spiritual development of people by showing them the overall beauty of
life. Unfortunately Parajanov was constantly oppressed in the soviet
era - with 15 unproduced screenplays and projects he was imprisoned for
his free style of cinematography three times. Having been acknowledged
as "the last genius of the 20th century" Parajanov explored the human
soul even whilst in prison and also painted and sculptured a lot.
The "person of the world, breaking down borders" always encouraged
talented young people to follow their dreams in life. He has lived on
in the memories of people who knew him well and remains the subject
of interest for those who have recently heard about him through his
films and material written about him. Talking of the great tradition
of celebrating Parjanov's birthday since his death in 1990, Mechitov
hoped that the masterpieces of art made by Parajanov being kept at
the Yerevan Museum (in Armenia) would someday be introduced to the
Georgian public.
From: Baghdasarian
By Salome Modebadze
The Messenger
http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/2523_january_12_2012/2523_parajanov.html
Jan 12 2012
Georgia
Sergey Parajanov, the late film director with a unique way of
representing life and special understanding of cinematography, would
have become 88 years old on January 9, 2012. His 88th anniversary was
especially celebrated in Tbilisi with a film about his life made by
Iranian Director Rahim Mortezavand. Having become interested in the
phenomenon of Parajanov the Iranian director found it easy to work
in the landscape of Tbilisi - the city where Parajanov's career had
started. Tbilisi, with its special relationships among people and
traditional values thus became the place where Mortezavand's film was
premiered, at Rustaveli Cinema, for people who knew and appreciated
Parajanov and his art.
Yuri Mechitov, a photographer who spent many years working with the
Georgian-born ethnic Armenian "genius", spoke of Parajanov as "a person
in love with people." Having assisted the Iranian director in making
the film about Parajanov, Mechitov expressed his gratitude to the
public who came to attend the premier of the film called In the Name
of the Pomegranates, according to one of Parajanov's well-known films.
"We live in a century where the number of geniuses is decreasing -
gifted people all over the world are being oppressed," Mechitov
told The Messenger worrying that entertainment has become the only
motivation for modern directors while Parajanov thought more about the
spiritual development of people by showing them the overall beauty of
life. Unfortunately Parajanov was constantly oppressed in the soviet
era - with 15 unproduced screenplays and projects he was imprisoned for
his free style of cinematography three times. Having been acknowledged
as "the last genius of the 20th century" Parajanov explored the human
soul even whilst in prison and also painted and sculptured a lot.
The "person of the world, breaking down borders" always encouraged
talented young people to follow their dreams in life. He has lived on
in the memories of people who knew him well and remains the subject
of interest for those who have recently heard about him through his
films and material written about him. Talking of the great tradition
of celebrating Parjanov's birthday since his death in 1990, Mechitov
hoped that the masterpieces of art made by Parajanov being kept at
the Yerevan Museum (in Armenia) would someday be introduced to the
Georgian public.
From: Baghdasarian