Parajanov: The Last Spring
“"Exemplifies the power of art" —Francis Ford Coppola”
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Made in wartime and edited in candlelight, Vartanov's rarely-seen masterpiece tells about his friendship with the genius Parajanov who was imprisoned by KGB "at the height of his fame ". Vartanov resurrects the riveting scenes from his banned 1969 film The Color of Armenian Land, where Paradjanov concocts the chef-d'oeuvre The Color of Pomegranates - widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time - then reveals the shocking request Parajanov sent him in unpublished 1974 letters from Ukrainian prisons. Vartanov's camera documents Parajanov's staggering last day at work in 1990 during the making of the unfinished Confession - which survives in The Last Spring - as Parajanov comments on this cherished autobiographical film. The foremost achievement of The Last Spring, emphasized by critics, is Vartanov's exquisite wordless montage that "evoked the very soul" of Parajanov and earned the praise of many of cinema's greatest masters, such as Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola.
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Edited by Gohar HamalbashyanShot by Hayk Kirakosyan
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14 unique people credited
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Sergei Parajanov
as Self - Maestro
Mikhail Vartanov
as Self
Sofiko Chiaureli
as Mother in 'The Confession'
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
as Self - Tarkovsky's actor
Yuri Mgoyan
as Relative in 'The Confession'
Leila Alibegashvilli
as Self - Parajanov's actress
Suren Shakhbazyan
as Self - DP of Sayat Nova
Suren Parajanov
as Self
Svetlana Paradjanov
as Self
Irakli Kvirikadze
as Self
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