An extremely honest attempt to convey abstraction in an essentially non-abstract medium.
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08/17/08
The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:5
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.4/10
Runtime: 88 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Paradjanov's acclaimed poetic masterpiece was banned by Soviet censors who feared it was a nationalist parable.The story depicts the life and spiritual odyssey of the medieval Armenian poet and... [More]
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Reviews for The Color of Pomegranates
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A madly beautiful, often straight-up-bonkers meditation on the life of its eponymous Armenian-Azeri balladeer and poet.
02/21/08
Well worth seeing, if only as a visual treat.
08/29/06
Paradjanov scares up one startling sequence after another, crafting a bizarre mosaic of Nova's world while limiting himself to the materials of the poet's time.
07/25/06
It's best appreciated as an arcane work about a great tortured artist by a great tortured artist.
03/28/06
As much as I can recognize the obvious effort and specific intent that went into the film, I am at a complete loss to comprehend what exactly it’s trying to say to me.
08/18/02
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