A madly beautiful, often straight-up-bonkers meditation on the life of its eponymous Armenian-Azeri balladeer and poet.
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02/21/08
The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
80 %
Reviews Counted: 5 Fresh: 4 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.1/10
Runtime: 88 mins
Synopsis: Paradjanov's acclaimed poetic masterpiece was banned by Soviet censors who feared it was a nationalist parable.The story depicts the life and spiritual odyssey of the medieval Armenian poet and troubadour Sayat Nova, and his rise from carpet weaver to archbishop and martyr.... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Sophico Chiaourelli, V. Galstian
Director: Sergei Paradjanov
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1 - 5 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Paradjanov scares up one startling sequence after another, crafting a bizarre mosaic of Nova's world while limiting himself to the materials of the poet's time.
07/25/06
It's best appreciated as an arcane work about a great tortured artist by a great tortured artist.
03/28/06
As much as I can recognize the obvious effort and specific intent that went into the film, I am at a complete loss to comprehend what exactly it’s trying to say to me.
08/18/02
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