The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
A biography of the Armenian troubadour Sayat Nova (King of Song) reveals the poet's life more through his poetry than a conventional narration of important events in Sayat Nova's life. We see the poet grow up, fall in love, enter a monastery and die, but these incidents are depicted in the context of what are images from Sergei Parajanov's imagination and Sayat Nova's poems, poems that are seen and rarely heard. Sofiko Chiaureli plays 6 roles, both male and female, and Sergei Parajanov writes, directs, edits, choreographs, works on costumes, design and decor and virtually every aspect of this revolutionary work void of any dialog or camera movement.
AKA: Sayat Nova
Country: Soviet Union
Directed By: Sergei Parajanov
Written By: Sergei Parajanov, Sayat Nova
Starring: Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Aleksanyan, Vilen Galstyan, Gogi Gegechkori, Spartak Bagashvili, Medea Djaparidze, Hovhannes Minasyan, Onik Minasyan, Yuri Amiryan, I. Babayan, Medea Bibileishvili, T. Dvali
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The Color of Pomegranates belongs to 43 collections
1. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (public: moderated by kozan26 - 185 stars)
2. Criterion Collection (public: moderated by caffe - 131 stars)
3. Surreal (public: moderated by Spunkie - 42 stars)
4. Features under 91 minutes (public: moderated by epiphany - 37 stars)
5. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2008 revision) (public: moderated by Scottathon - 34 stars)
6. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Top 1000 Movies (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 34 stars)
7. Certified weird (public: moderated by Dreamer - 30 stars)
8. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2010 revision) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 29 stars)
9. Netflix Instant (public: moderated by somnivore - 27 stars)
10. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2014 revision) (public: moderated by Jehan - 26 stars)
11. The Guardian's 1000 films to see before you die (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 23 stars)
12. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2012 revision) (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 23 stars)
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18. TimeOut's 1000 films to change your life (public: moderated by ppinocchio - 9 stars)
19. TSPDT Top 200 Directors: Best Film (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 6 stars)
20. Harvard University's Suggested Film Viewing List: Narrative Films (public: moderated by dardan - 6 stars)
21. Poetry (public: moderated by Moribunny - 5 stars)
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Certainly impressive for its time. Points of reference for me: Jodorowsky, and, especially, Jarman-- also Ken Russell and Buñuel to an extent. btw, I know liberals always like to think their favorite Eastern Bloc artists were unfairly persecuted "dissidents," but the guy spent some time in prison cos he literally raped someone, etc., you morons, not because he was just too cool and nonconformist or someshit.
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Excruciating. Anybody praising this god-awful shite is a pretentious dweeb.
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T.C.O.P is the ultimate display of Parajanov's visual mastery.The colors, rhythms, textures and movements are endlessly inventive, and his images are simultaneously exotic and earthy while exuding an otherworldliness that is totally transportive. It's a radical biopic forging an unholy alliance between the avantgarde and the accessible, creatively contorting the medium to conform to his unorthodox vision. Parajanov was a true original, and T.C.O.P is a true testament to his complete brilliance.
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| Feb 25 | halilky | 90 67% |
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if I ever had to study this film in my lifetime i'm going to despise it.
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Beautiful and impenetrable. Also, thanks for not slitting that ram's throat on camera.
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Evolution | 70 37% |
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Beautiful imagery, but I had no clue what most of the weird ass symbolism meant, which left me disengaged.
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randori | 70 52% |
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maptendoytes | 100 77% |
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mCihhh | 70 60% |
| Feb 24, 2017 | Panunzio | 67 32% |
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| Feb 15, 2017 |  |
schnofel | 92 98% |
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A magnificent artwork of unparalleled visual and metaphorical invention, droll and deeply felt, evoking a spiritual peace in the manner of Tarkovsky. And every time you feel you've had enough, they come up with a new puppet house tableau that resolves itself like clockwork. Art posturing is its very texture, and it's a complete madness - most of all that they get away with it.
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| Jan 29, 2017 | Villane | 70 32% |
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| Jan 14, 2017 | cshadows2887 | 78 2% |
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| Jan 14, 2017 | mjbreuer | 24 4% |
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| Jan 03, 2017 | kondratiev | 75 83% |
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| Jan 02, 2017 | Tarris1 | 70 10% |
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| Dec 27, 2016 |  |
adilinki | 83 91% |
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7thpein | 86 98% |
| Dec 12, 2016 | jpn | 3 35% |
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| Nov 20, 2016 |  |
theobabis | 80 94% |
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Maaxwell | 5 0% |
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What a torturous ordeal. In addition to being agonisingly boring, almost all of Parajanov's stylistic choices are horrible: the carefully composed surreal imagery is pretentious, vapid and uninviting; the music is almost painfully jarring. Only a fervent affection for Sayat-Nova's poetry could foreseeably render this a remotely rewarding experience; it's completely worthless otherwise.
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| Nov 15, 2016 | Ronin22 | 70 85% |
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rafaelbastos | 100 99% |
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twijfel | 71 70% |
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| Sep 04, 2016 | AmarDesai | 90 86% |
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| Aug 24, 2016 | katottavaa | 89 84% |
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| Jul 21, 2016 | Dark_Ryder14 | 79 60% |
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Hakan Güner | 80 63% |
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| Feb 17, 2016 | thirdeye42 | 70 43% |
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| Feb 08, 2016 |  |
wetwillies | 80 36% |
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Opens with the line "I am the man whose life and soul are torture," so clearly this is a film after my own heart. Both this and The Mirror attempt to create some sort of cinematic essence for a person, but where Tarkovsky's film is imbued with sentimentality and nostalgia, this is a detached nightmare of a film, which depicts this man's existence as a series of bloody tableaux and religion-fueled carnage. Not really a pleasant film, but one that is undoubtedly worth your time.
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| Feb 07, 2016 |  |
NightGoat72 | 95 99% |
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hanabizhani | 99 95% |
| Jan 06, 2016 | Glebaster | 63 48% |
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| Dec 14, 2015 | denizozdag | 30 1% |
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Niska | 73 98% |
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Asvaldur | 90 49% |
| Sep 04, 2015 |  |
Judo Koala | 79 69% |
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Though I only understood maybe half its symbolism (if that), Parajanov's non-narrative depiction of an 18th-century poet's life bears striking resemblance to the surreal imagery of mystic symbolism we would later come to see in the films of Alejandro Jodorowsky (who happens to be one of my favourite filmmakers). Told only through a series of tableaux, Parajanov's film may be impenetrable on a narrative level, but its lush set and costume design create striking, unforgettable imagery.
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| Aug 28, 2015 | Funkypanda11 | 100 82% |
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SirRobbie | 60 24% |
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hmm, maybe next time.
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necip | 69 67% |
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Carlospro | 95 99% |
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Aula de perspectiva
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patrickped | 90 92% |
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alanstrang | 81 83% |
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It is next to impossible to describe such a sensually tantalising film, so I will not even dare to attempt it. If you wonder where all these experimental moviemakers like Greenaway or Barney draw their inspiration from, watch Sayat Nova.
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adilekin | 71 52% |
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loc42 | 90 93% |
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Creates dreams and poems out of a closed system of images which imitate the perspective of miniature art.
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| Dec 30, 2014 |  |
Archeologian | 80 86% |
| Dec 21, 2014 | roka | 95 64% |
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| Dec 01, 2014 | osvaldo | 62 9% |
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| Nov 25, 2014 | preface | 6 21% |
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| Nov 20, 2014 | Melvelet | 80 46% |
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Spaceghost | 65 19% |
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Henrik | 85 90% |
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Like Jodorowsky's 'The Holy Mountain' the hypnotic imagery of this film is beyond belief. Some of it probably also comprehension.
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| Oct 25, 2014 | matiz | 80 14% |
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| Oct 17, 2014 | teopii | 50 11% |
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astrakhan | 83 89% |
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Some of the most striking juxtapositions of images and sound I've come across. I loved the overdubbed, intensified soundtrack over the static shots of everyday chores such as washing, eating, or bathing. It's wonderful to watch such a splendid celebration of Armenian culture and history, compiled in a highly experimental filming style. The colour palette is perhaps what I will remember the longest. Variations on the same theme for over an hour made it feel a bit long though.
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| Oct 03, 2014 |  |
jocimarjr | 90 74% |
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| May 17, 2014 | Groooan | 45 92% |
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| Apr 16, 2014 | ritamaria | 80 54% |
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| Apr 09, 2014 | dijivehav | 99 33% |
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Not for me.
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| Jan 19, 2014 | ValdiBK | 90 97% |
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| Jan 17, 2014 | ozymandias. | 40 1% |
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aaronwhat | 90 79% |
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meltemcilik | 65 45% |
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| Dec 10, 2013 |  |
Hans_Lucas | 83 69% |
| Dec 07, 2013 | Dicke_Taube | 70 60% |
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| Nov 27, 2013 | HVM | 50 8% |
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Mikadzuki | 56 22% |
| Nov 25, 2013 |  |
Neonman | 70 36% |
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Full of all sorts of vague symbolism, most of which is very well composed and presented. The visuals are a little too tenuous for my liking and (despite the inter-titles) muddled up the story more than it should've.
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| Oct 30, 2013 | maraca | 80 59% |
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gam01 | 65 44% |
| Oct 28, 2013 | Zelos | 84 56% |
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| Oct 23, 2013 | Auke Briek | 70 51% |
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gulahgula | 50 8% |
| Oct 14, 2013 | toro913 | 51 42% |
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