Publications
PARAJANOV HIMSELF
Price
€20.00
ISBN 9963-621-53-8
Pages 144
Binding softbound with matt lamination
Illustration 85 colour plates
Dimensions
200x240mm
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Parajanov himself
is an absorbing 144-page portrait of Sergei Parajanov, one of the
most colourful and revered figures in world cinema, and creator of
the cult film The Colour of Pomegranates. With 85 colour
reproductions of Parajanov’s compressed films, the book includes a
candid interview with the artist. The selection focuses on the man
himself, revealing a lesser-known aspect of his life and work. The
transcribed interview with Parajanov was the basis of the
documentary Parajanov: A Requiem and is accompanied by a bio/filmography.
A speech given by Parajanov is also included, along with notes that
help to unravel the artist’s imaginative and often idiosyncratic
mixed language vocabulary.
Despite high praise and numerous prestigious
awards from the international filmmaking community, Parajanov was
imprisoned by the communist regime for the surrealist fantasy in his
work. Directing was for him fundamentally the truth, as he
perceived it, transformed into images and he believed directors are
born, not trained. During his long periods of imprisonment in
Soviet jails, Parajanov’s artistic energies and originality could
not be hindered. He created some 800 small-scale collages from
drawings, cut-up photographs and found materials he would collect in
prison. One of the first books about the artist, Parajanov himself
is an in-depth look at of one of the most extraordinary artistic
figures of the 20th Century.
Published in 2005, Parajanov himself was designed by Herman
Lelie and printed by Imprinta Ltd, Cyprus
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