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Verjin garun; French: Paradjanov : Le dernier printemps) is a 1992 award-winning documentary by the Russian-Armenian filmmaker Mikhail Vartanov, that also includes the complete surviving footage of Sergei Parajanov's unfinished last film The Confession, Vartanov's behind-the-scenes sequences of Parajanov at work on the shooting of the Color of ...
Filmed in wartime and edited by candlelight, Mikhail Vartanov's rarely seen masterwork tells of his friendship with the genius Sergei Parajanov who was arrested by KGB, at the height of his fame, for the outspoken criticism of the Soviet regime.
The foremost achievement of The Last Spring, emphasized by the American and European critics, is Vartanov’s exquisite wordless montage that “evoked the very soul” of Parajanov, and earned the praise of many of cinema’s greatest masters, such as Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola.
Filmed in wartime and edited under candlelight, Mikhail Vartanov 's rarely-seen masterwork tells of his friendship with the genius Sergei Parajanov who was arrested by KGB, at the height of his fame, for the outspoken criticism of the Soviet regime.
Remembered today as a thoughtful creator of ornate tableaux and a “cinematic magician” (Artland Magazine), Parajanov’s beloved film, The Color of Pomegranates, as well as the restoration world premiere of Mikhail Vartanov's poetic documentary, Parajanov: The Last Spring, will screen on the occasion of the centennial of Parajanov’s birth.
Mikhail Vartanov's influential documentary about the imprisoned genius Sergei Parajanov who was persecuted "during the height of his artistic power," for his unruly life style and non-conformist masterpieces -- "The Color of Pomegranates" and "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" -- hailed as some of the greatest motion pictures of the 20th century.
1 maj 1995 · Made in wartime and edited in candlelight, Vartanov's rarely-seen masterpiece tells about his friendship with the genius Parajanov who was imprisoned by KGB "at the height of his fame ".
