On January 7, the film comes out in theaters Serge Avedikian: The Scandal Parajanov or the tumultuous life of a Soviet artist. I report here this bright film about a mischievous and unclassifiable creator. I also mentioned my meeting in Yerevan (Armenia), four years before his death, with the director censored and suppressed by the Soviet power.
When passing Serge Avedikian in civilian life, one can not imagine he interprets Sergei Parajanov: Yet the transformation is amazing, it really seems to see come to life before our eyes of spectators marveled author fiery horses.
The story of the film begins in Kiev in 1958 precisely during the filming of Horses, and later in Yerevan Sayat Nova. In 1973, he was imprisoned in Ukraine, as the authorities seek to destroy with the perversity of zeks (common law prisoners). But Parajanov is a holy man. He is an artist and he will give zeks drawings, playing cards porn, to their great joy. So, they will protect it. It holds up through this activity. If he is imprisoned is that the authorities accused him his homosexuality under Article 121 of the Soviet Constitution.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015,
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