Episode 361 · Film year 1969
The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
- Special Guests
- Daniel Bird, James Steffen
- Guest Co-Host
- Larry Revene
Show notes
We're looking at Sergei Parajanov’s The Color of Pomegranates. Released in 1969, the film is something of a look at the life of Armenian ashugh Sayat Nova told in an oblique and beautiful way.
Director and DP Larry Revene (opens in a new tab) joins Mike to talk about this poetic film. Daniel Bird (opens in a new tab), director of The World is a Window: The Making of The Color of Pomegranates and James Steffen (opens in a new tab), the author of The Cinema of Sergei Parajanov (opens in a new tab), discuss the making of the film as well as the cuts imposed by Russian censors.
Director and DP Larry Revene (opens in a new tab) joins Mike to talk about this poetic film. Daniel Bird (opens in a new tab), director of The World is a Window: The Making of The Color of Pomegranates and James Steffen (opens in a new tab), the author of The Cinema of Sergei Parajanov (opens in a new tab), discuss the making of the film as well as the cuts imposed by Russian censors.
Labels: 1969 Daniel Bird James Steffen Larry Revene
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Music credits
- All music by Nicholas Jaar's Pomegranates
Links & resources
- Buy The Color of Pomegranates on Criterion Blu-ray (opens in a new tab)
- Read Cecilia Cenciarelli; “The restoration of ‘The Color of Pomegranates’ was Scorsese’s idea.” by Ruzan Bagratunyan (opens in a new tab)
- Read What Color is The Color of Pomegranates? A Critique of the 2014 World Cinema Project/L’Immagine Ritrovata Restoration of Parajanov’s Film by James Steffen (opens in a new tab)
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