The cinema of Sergei Parajanov / James Steffen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steffen, James, 1966-

Series:

Wisconsin film studies.

Wisconsin film studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Soviet Union.

Motion pictures.

Paradzhanov, Sergeĭ, 1924-1990--Criticism and interpretation.

Paradzhanov, Sergeĭ.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sergei Parajanov (1924-90) flouted the rules of both filmmaking and society in the Soviet Union and paid a heavy personal price. An ethnic Armenian in the multicultural atmosphere of Tbilisi, Georgia, he was one of the most innovative directors of postwar Soviet cinema. Parajanov succeeded in creating a small but marvelous body of work whose style embraces such diverse influences as folk art, medieval miniature painting, early cinema, Russian and European art films, surrealism, and Armenian, Georgian, and Ukrainian cultural motifs.The Cinema of Sergei Parajanov is the first English-language book on the director's films and the most comprehensive study of his work. James Steffen provides a detailed overview of Parajanov's artistic career: his identity as an Armenian in Georgia and its impact on his aesthetics; his early films in Ukraine; his international breakthrough in 1964 with Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors; his challenging 1969 masterpiece, The Color of Pomegranates, which was reedited against his wishes; his unrealized projects in the 1970s; and his eventual return to international prominence in the mid-to-late 1980s with The Legend of the Surami Fortress and Ashik-Kerib. Steffen also provides a rare, behind-the-scenes view of the Soviet film censorship process and tells the dramatic story of Parajanov's conflicts with the authorities, culminating in his 1973-77 arrest and imprisonment on charges related to homosexuality.Ultimately, the figure of Parajanov offers a fascinating case study in the complicated dynamics of power, nationality, politics, ethnicity, sexuality, and culture in the republics of the former Soviet Union.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Note on Transliteration

Chronology

Introduction

1. An Artist's Origins: Youth and Early Ukrainian Films

2. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: Ukrainian Revival

3. Kyiv Frescoes: The Film That Might Have Been

4. The Color of Pomegranates: The Making and Unmaking of a Film

5. Silent Years: Unproduced Scripts, 1967-1973

6. Internal Exile: Arrest and Imprisonment, 1973-1982

7. The Legend of the Surami Fortress: Thunder Over Georgia

8. Ashik- Kerib: The End of a Career

Epilogue: Parajanov's Afterlife

Filmography

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780299296537

0299296539

OCLC:

858861886