The Color of Pomegranates (1969)

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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.

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Genres: Drama, Music

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

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Jan 15		MrHallenbeck	97 _94%
Jan 11		sibur	70 _54%
Jan 11		jagarnyfiken	88 _96%
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Nov 07, 2018		filmratings	90 _96%
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Sep 30, 2018		TheBreather	85 _76%
Sep 21, 2018		Guernica	57 _56%
Sep 21, 2018		donmateo	65 _62%
Sep 19, 2018		hotsake	50 _31%
An art house film that's really weird, bizarre, and uses nothing but surreal imagery. I was never really sure what was going on but the film was full of vibrant colors which at least made it nice to look at.
Sep 18, 2018		bubsy	8 _96%
Sep 17, 2018		Saeed_bdr	88 _93%
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Jun 22, 2018		karamazov.	54 _71%
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.
Jun 19, 2018		Tiago Vieira	90 _87%
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Excruciating. Anybody praising this god-awful shite is a pretentious dweeb.
Apr 10, 2018		mate_cosido	85 _69%
Apr 08, 2018		Gossamer	3 _83%
Apr 06, 2018	$Afracious$	Afracious	100 _%
Mar 10, 2018		kastenm	36 _3%
Feb 27, 2018		Yiannos	90 _99%
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.
Feb 25, 2018		halilky	90 _66%
Feb 24, 2018		Gnalkthere	85 _71%
if I ever had to study this film in my lifetime i'm going to despise it.
Feb 22, 2018		TreyAtwood	90 _96%
Feb 18, 2018		kaan26	81 _89%
Feb 11, 2018		J. Tavernier	60 _14%
Feb 08, 2018		Icarus	75 _50%
Beautiful and impenetrable. Also, thanks for not slitting that ram's throat on camera.
Feb 04, 2018		nbc6	75 _84%
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Jan 01, 2018		Evolution	70 _37%
Beautiful imagery, but I had no clue what most of the weird ass symbolism meant, which left me disengaged.
Dec 24, 2017		bA51IK	100 _30%
Dec 20, 2017		Systematicer	80 _87%
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Mar 11, 2017		RYM-byrates	78 _97%
Mar 08, 2017		mkrusell	75 _61%
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Feb 25, 2017		mCihhh	70 _60%
Feb 24, 2017		Panunzio	67 _33%
Feb 15, 2017		schnofel	92 _98%
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.
Jan 29, 2017		Villane	70 _32%
Jan 14, 2017		cshadows2887	78 _2%
Jan 14, 2017		mjbreuer	24 _4%
Jan 03, 2017		kondratiev	75 _82%
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Dec 27, 2016		7thpein	86 _98%
Dec 12, 2016		jpn	3 _35%
Nov 20, 2016		theobabis	80 _94%
Nov 17, 2016		Maaxwell	5 _0%
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.
Nov 15, 2016		Ronin22	70 _85%
Nov 14, 2016		rafaelbastos	100 _99%
Oct 01, 2016		twijfel	71 _71%
Sep 30, 2016		cankutozturk	76 _63%
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Mar 01, 2016		Detox	82 _65%
Feb 17, 2016		thirdeye42	70 _42%
Feb 08, 2016		wetwillies	80 _35%
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.
Feb 07, 2016		NightGoat72	95 _99%
Feb 04, 2016		hanabizhani	99 _95%
Jan 06, 2016		Glebaster	63 _51%
Dec 22, 2015		Romario3210	90 _0%
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Nov 27, 2015		coroner	80 _83%
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Nov 11, 2015		Adam P-D	40 _38%
Nov 01, 2015		joxnq	99 _94%
Oct 31, 2015		ghhghghh	99 _93%
Oct 11, 2015		Niska	73 _98%
Sep 10, 2015		Asvaldur	90 _49%
Sep 04, 2015		Judo Koala	79 _69%
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.
Aug 28, 2015		Funkypanda11	100 _82%
Aug 05, 2015		SirRobbie	60 _24%
hmm, maybe next time.
Jul 25, 2015		atimetolive	3 _42%
Jul 20, 2015		necip	69 _67%
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May 18, 2015		zetes	100 _95%
May 12, 2015		Carlospro	95 _99%
Aula de perspectiva
May 10, 2015		boothmillard	70 _66%
May 09, 2015		khanbaliq2	80 _53%
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Apr 29, 2015		patrickped	90 _92%
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Mar 11, 2015		10kfilms	83 _79%
Feb 23, 2015		ott	96 _97%
Feb 22, 2015		alanstrang	81 _83%
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.
Feb 22, 2015		adilekin	71 _52%
Feb 21, 2015		loc42	90 _93%
Creates dreams and poems out of a closed system of images which imitate the perspective of miniature art.
Feb 20, 2015		8505144	98 _94%
Feb 04, 2015		Evench	80 _49%
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Nov 25, 2014		preface	6 _21%
Nov 20, 2014		Melvelet	80 _46%
Nov 05, 2014		Spaceghost	65 _19%
Oct 28, 2014		Henrik	85 _90%
Like Jodorowsky's 'The Holy Mountain' the hypnotic imagery of this film is beyond belief, some of it probably also comprehension.
Oct 25, 2014		matiz	80 _14%
Oct 22, 2014		Hennimore	64 _21%
Oct 17, 2014		teopii	50 _11%
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Oct 11, 2014		astrakhan	83 _89%
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.
Oct 03, 2014		jocimarjr	90 _74%
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