  Moscow hosting “From Tiflis with Love” Sergey Paradjanov exhibit March 21, 2014 - 12:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “From Tiflis with Love” - an exhibition commemorating famed director Sergey Paradjanov opened in the Moscow State Museum of the East. The event with feature the artist-related collages as well as over 1000 pictures from multiple photographers’ collections describing Paradjanov's work and live, ITAR-TASS reported. The Museum will also host master-classes, presentations and an international conference timed to the 90th anniversary of the director. According to an owner of one of the collections, Aram Babloyan, the exhibit organizers attempted to reveal another side of Paradganov – a true citizen of Tiflis, who absorbed the spirit of the multinational city to show equal mastery whether he was filming Ukrainian, Armenian or Georgian movies. The central hall of the exhibit is fashioned after the Tbilisi of 1936, with old street signs, postcards and photos attempting to recreate the atmosphere that inspired Paradjanov’s “Color of Pomegranates” and “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors.” The exhibit will be held through May 18. Sergei Paradjanov (January 9, 1924 – July 20, 1990) was a Soviet Armenian film director and artist who made significant contributions to Ukrainian, Armenian and Georgian cinemas. He invented his own cinematic style, totally bypassing the guiding principles of socialist realism. This, combined with his controversial lifestyle and behavior, led Soviet authorities to repeatedly persecute and imprison him, and suppress his films. Although he started professional film-making in 1954, Paradjanov later disowned all the films he made before 1964 as "garbage". After directing Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (renamed Wild Horses of Fire for most foreign distributions) Paradjanov became something of an international celebrity and simultaneously a target of attacks from the system. Nearly all of his film projects and plans from 1965 to 1973 were banned, scrapped or closed by the Soviet film administrations, both local (in Kyiv and Yerevan) and federal (Goskino), almost without discussion, until he was finally arrested in late 1973. He was imprisoned until 1977, despite a plethora of pleas for pardon from various artists. Even after his release (he was arrested for the third and last time in 1982) he was a persona non grata in Soviet cinema. It was not until the mid-1980s, when the political climate started to relax, that he could resume directing. Still, it required the help of influential Georgian actor Dodo Abashidze and other friends to have his last feature films greenlighted. His health seriously weakened by four years in labor camps and nine months in prison in Tbilisi, Paradjanov died of lung cancer in 1990, at a time when, after almost 20 years of suppression, his films were being featured at foreign film festivals. "I have three Motherlands. I was born in Georgia, worked in Ukraine and I'm going to die in Armenia," the artist said in 1988.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year.Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan.Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan.Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. |
