The film is maddeningly elliptical and enigmatic, ponderously slow, and generally incomprehensible.
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08/29/06
The Legend of Suram Fortress (1985)
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Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 4
Rotten:1
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: According to Georgian legend, efforts of the people to construct a fortress against invaders continually fail until a fortune teller remembers an old prophecy that the son of her former lover must be bricked up alive in order for the... [More]
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[Paradjanov] recreates the past with an exaggerated sense of myth and magic.
07/25/06
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07/07/05
It's impossible to watch even a few feet of film by Paradjanov without acknowledging his mastery of the medium and the originality of his vision.
07/07/05
Top Critic Although Mr. Paradjanov has a reputation as a prankster, I don't think this is an elaborate joke.
07/07/05
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