Article: Paradjanov's films on Soviet folklore.(Sergei Paradjanov)(Critical Essay)

It's astonishing how little we still know about Soviet cinema in general and Sergei Paradjanov (1924-1990) in particular, and it's possible that Soviet history has something to do with this--a desire among many not to remember pointing to an even more basic desire not to know. Considering what a teller of tall tales Paradjanov was himself, it seems inevitable that he would only add to the confusion while he was alive rather than clear up most of the muddle. Writing about three Paradjanov features that were showing in Chicago thirteen years ago, I noted that his name couldn't be found in Ephraim Katz's Film Encyclopedia or in the indexes of books by Pauline Kael, Stanley ...

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