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06/24/06
The Legend of Suram Fortress (1985)
80 %
Reviews Counted: 5 Fresh: 4 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 5.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Synopsis: According to Georgian legend, efforts of the people to construct a fortress against invaders continually fail until a fortune teller remembers an old prophecy that the son of her former lover must be bricked up alive in order for the fortress to stand.... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Levan Outchanechvili, Zourab Kipchidze
Director: Sergei Paradjanov
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07/07/05
Top Critic
The film is maddeningly elliptical and enigmatic, ponderously slow, and generally incomprehensible.
08/29/06
Top Critic
[Paradjanov] recreates the past with an exaggerated sense of myth and magic.
07/25/06
It's impossible to watch even a few feet of film by Paradjanov without acknowledging his mastery of the medium and the originality of his vision.
07/07/05
Although Mr. Paradjanov has a reputation as a prankster, I don't think this is an elaborate joke.
07/07/05
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