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Academy Museum Celebrates Sergei Parajanov’s Centenary With Screening Of Armenian Director’s ‘The Color Of Pomegranates’ Plus Restored Documentary About Him
Filmmaker Sergei Parajanov's centenary is being celebrated by the Academy Museum with a screening of his classic film 'Pomegranates' & a doc about him.
On Friday evening the museum in Los Angeles will screen a restored version of visionary Armenian filmmaker and poet Sergei Parajanov ’s 1969 classic The Color of Pomegranates, marking the 100th anniversary of his birth. The dual maestros’ artistry has been celebrated by some of modern cinema’s great filmmakers including Federico Fellini, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Jean Luc Goddard, and Jim Jarmusch. Jim Jarmusch said that “Mikhail Vartanov’s fascinating documentary, Parajanov: The Last Spring is an important and alluring film for all those who love the form of cinema.” Tonino Guerra, who is the legendary screenwriter of [Federico] Fellini and [Michelangelo] Antonioni masterpieces, said, “the film excited and filled me with strength.” And so it’s hard to say why, but I am extremely moved when great masters like Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Jim Jarmusch say wonderful words about it.
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