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Parajanov: The Last Spring

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CountryArmenia,United States
Production Year1992
Running Time55min
Format(Digi)Beta
ColorColor/B&W

Program Note

Parajanov’s last days recorded by his old friend and filmmaker Mikhail Vartanov. It is a valuable opportunity to see the footage from Parajanov’s unfinished last work <The Confession>, which combines the script written in the 60s with his childhood memories of cinema and life stories. Through the conversations with Vartanov, he also gives an honest account behind his major works, his past life and reflections on art. Upon its release, the film was regarded as the best understanding of Parajanov’s life. It is the last of Vartanov’s trilogy which deals with people, following <Erased Faces> (1987) and <Minas: A Requiem> (1989). (CHO Young-jung)

Director

Mikhail VARTANOV

Vartanov developed a method of documentary filmmaking termed 'direction of undirected action' and his work as a documentarian, cinematographer and essayist became revered through such timeless films such as <The Color of Armenian Land> (1969), <Seasons> (1975), <Parajanov: The Last Spring> (1992) and a collected essays of <The Unmailed Letters>. His trilogy on artists is <Erased Faces> (1987), <Minas: A Requiem> (1989), and <Parajanov: The Last Spring> (1992).

Sergei PARAJANOV

Born in Tibilisi, Georgia in 1924 to Armenian parents. After studying film and music, he became an assistant director at the Dovzhenko Studios in Kiev, making his directorial debut in 1954. In 1964 with <Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors>, he was recognized a startling genius. Followed this up with the even more innovative <Color of the Pomegranate> (1968), but he was imprisoned most of the 1970s with the conflict with the authority. Returned with <Legend of Suram Fortress> (1986), he proved that he is indeed the greatest master of the 20th Century. He passed away in 1990 with cancer.

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