History Film / TheColorOfPomegranates

It is a biography of Sayat-Nova (King of Song) that attempts to show his life visually and poetically rather than literally. The film has little dialogue but an abundance of music and poetry, and divides Sayat Nova's life into thematic chapters: Childhood, Youth, Prince's Court, The Monastery, The Dream, Old Age, The Angel of Death and Death. There are sounds and music and occasional singing but dialogue is rare.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: Sofiko Chiaureli plays six different roles throughout, some female and some male.

''The Color of Pomegranates'' (Armenian: Նռան գույնը), originally titled ''Sayat Nova'', is a 1969 Soviet film written and directed by Creator/SergeiParajanov. It is a poetic treatment of the life of the 18th century Armenian singer and poet Sayat Nova, made in celebration of his 250th birthday. It has appeared in some scholarly polls of the greatest films ever made.

''The Color of Pomegranates'' is a biography of the Armenian ashug Sayat-Nova (King of Song) that attempts to reveal the poet's life visually and poetically rather than literally. The film is presented with little dialogue using active tableaux which depict the poet's life in chapters: Childhood, Youth, Prince's Court (where he falls in love with a tsarina), The Monastery, The Dream, Old Age, The Angel of Death and Death. There are sounds and music and occasional singing but dialogue is rare. Each chapter is indicated by a title card and framed through both Sergei Parajanov's imagination and Sayat Nova's poems. Actress Sofiko Chiaureli [[LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles notably plays six roles in the film, both male and female.]] According to Frank Williams, Paradjanov's film celebrates the survival of Armenian culture in the teeth of oppression and persecution: "There are specific images that are highly charged — blood-red juice spilling from a cut pomegranate into a cloth and forming a stain in the shape of the boundaries of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia; dyers lifting hanks of wool out of vats in the colours of the national flag, and so on." This nationalist imagery coupled with religious imagery and some brief nudity did not sit well with Soviet authorities, and the film was heavily censored upon its release. Its title was changed from ''Sayat Nova'' because Soviet authorities alleged the film had little to do with the poet, and scenes using his poetry had to be re-worded. The original uncut version of the film would not surface until 1992, after Armenia's independence.

''The Color of Pomegranates'' (Armenian: Նռան գույնը), originally titled ''Sayat Nova'', is a 1969 Soviet film written and directed by Sergei Parajanov. It is a poetic treatment of the life of the 18th century Armenian singer and poet Sayat Nova, made in celebration of his 250th birthday. It has appeared in some scholarly polls of the greatest films ever made.

''The Color of Pomegranates'' (Armenian: Նռան գույնը), originally titled ''Sayat Nova'', is a 1969 Soviet film written and directed by Sergei Parajanov. It is a poetic treatment of the life of the 18th century Armenian singer Sayat-Nova. It has appeared in some scholarly polls of the greatest films ever made.

''The Color of Pomegranates'' is a biography of the Armenian ashug Sayat-Nova (King of Song) that attempts to reveal the poet's life visually and poetically rather than literally. The film is presented with little dialogue using active tableaux which depict the poet's life in chapters: Childhood, Youth, Prince's Court (where he falls in love with a tsarina), The Monastery, The Dream, Old Age, The Angel of Death and Death. There are sounds and music and occasional singing but dialogue is rare. Each chapter is indicated by a title card and framed through both Sergei Parajanov's imagination and Sayat Nova's poems. Actress Sofiko Chiaureli [[LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles notably plays six roles in the film, both male and female.]] According to Frank Williams, Paradjanov's film celebrates the survival of Armenian culture in the teeth of oppression and persecution: "There are specific images that are highly charged — blood-red juice spilling from a cut pomegranate into a cloth and forming a stain in the shape of the boundaries of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia; dyers lifting hanks of wool out of vats in the colours of the national flag, and so on." This nationalist imagery coupled with religious imagery and some brief nudity did not sit well with Soviet authorities, and the film was heavily censored upon its release. The uncut version of the film would not surface until 1992, after Armenia's independence.

''The Color of Pomegranates'' is a biography of the Armenian ashug Sayat-Nova (King of Song) that attempts to reveal the poet's life visually and poetically rather than literally. The film is presented with little dialogue using active tableaux which depict the poet's life in chapters: Childhood, Youth, Prince's Court (where he falls in love with a tsarina), The Monastery, The Dream, Old Age, The Angel of Death and Death. There are sounds and music and occasional singing but dialogue is rare. Each chapter is indicated by a title card and framed through both Sergei Parajanov's imagination and Sayat Nova's poems. Actress Sofiko Chiaureli [[LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles notably plays six roles in the film, both male and female.]] According to Frank Williams, Paradjanov's film celebrates the survival of Armenian culture in the teeth of oppression and persecution: "There are specific images that are highly charged — blood-red juice spilling from a cut pomegranate into a cloth and forming a stain in the shape of the boundaries of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia; dyers lifting hanks of wool out of vats in the colours of the national flag, and so on." This coupled with religious imagery did not sit well with Soviet authorities, and the film was heavily censored. The uncut version of the film would not surface until 1992, after Armenia's independence.

''The Color of Pomegranates'' is a biography of the Armenian ashug Sayat-Nova (King of Song) that attempts to reveal the poet's life visually and poetically rather than literally. The film is presented with little dialogue using active tableaux which depict the poet's life in chapters: Childhood, Youth, Prince's Court (where he falls in love with a tsarina), The Monastery, The Dream, Old Age, The Angel of Death and Death. There are sounds and music and occasional singing but dialogue is rare. Each chapter is indicated by a title card and framed through both Sergei Parajanov's imagination and Sayat Nova's poems. Actress Sofiko Chiaureli [[LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles notably plays six roles in the film, both male and female.]] According to Frank Williams, Paradjanov's film celebrates the survival of Armenian culture in the teeth of oppression and persecution: "There are specific images that are highly charged — blood-red juice spilling from a cut pomegranate into a cloth and forming a stain in the shape of the boundaries of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia; dyers lifting hanks of wool out of vats in the colours of the national flag, and so on." This coupled with religious imagery did not sit well with Soviet authorities, and the film was heavily censored. The uncut version of the film would not surface until 1992, after Armenian's independence.

''The Color of Pomegranates'' is a biography of the Armenian ashug Sayat-Nova (King of Song) that attempts to reveal the poet's life visually and poetically rather than literally. The film is presented with little dialogue using active tableaux which depict the poet's life in chapters: Childhood, Youth, Prince's Court (where he falls in love with a tsarina), The Monastery, The Dream, Old Age, The Angel of Death and Death. There are sounds and music and occasional singing but dialogue is rare. Each chapter is indicated by a title card and framed through both Sergei Parajanov's imagination and Sayat Nova's poems. Actress Sofiko Chiaureli [[LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles notably plays six roles in the film, both male and female.]] According to Frank Williams, Paradjanov's film celebrates the survival of Armenian culture in the teeth of oppression and persecution: "There are specific images that are highly charged — blood-red juice spilling from a cut pomegranate into a cloth and forming a stain in the shape of the boundaries of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia; dyers lifting hanks of wool out of vats in the colours of the national flag, and so on."

''The Color of Pomegranates'' is a biography of the Armenian ashug Sayat-Nova (King of Song) that attempts to reveal the poet's life visually and poetically rather than literally. The film is presented with little dialogue using active tableaux which depict the poet's life in chapters: Childhood, Youth, Prince's Court (where he falls in love with a tsarina), The Monastery, The Dream, Old Age, The Angel of Death and Death. There are sounds and music and occasional singing but dialogue is rare. Each chapter is indicated by a title card and framed through both Sergei Parajanov's imagination and Sayat Nova's poems. Actress Sofiko Chiaureli [[LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles notably plays six roles in the film, both male and female.]] According to Frank Williams, Paradjanov's film celebrates the survival of Armenian culture in the teeth of oppression and persecution: "There are specific images that are highly charged — blood-red juice spilling from a cut pomegranate into a cloth and forming a stain in the shape of the boundaries of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia; dyers lifting hanks of wool out of vats in the colours of the national flag, and so on.

* MindScrew: The film is strictly symbolic in nature; anyone without some knowledge of Sayat Nova's life, poetry, and Armenian culture will likely be quite lost watching it. Luckily a few short documentaries have been made for the purpose of explaining the film, and are included on DVD and Blu-Ray releases.

''The Color of Pomegranates'' (Armenian: Նռան գույնը) is a 1969 Soviet film written and directed by Sergei Parajanov. It is a poetic treatment of the life of the 18th century Armenian singer Sayat-Nova. It has appeared in some scholarly polls of the greatest films ever made.

''The Color of Pomegranates'' is a biography of the Armenian ashug Sayat-Nova (King of Song) that attempts to reveal the poet's life visually and poetically rather than literally. The film is presented with little dialogue using active tableaux which depict the poet's life in chapters: Childhood, Youth, Prince's Court (where he falls in love with a tsarina), The Monastery, The Dream, Old Age, The Angel of Death and Death. There are sounds and music and occasional singing but dialogue is rare. Each chapter is indicated by a title card and framed through both Sergei Parajanov's imagination and Sayat Nova's poems. Actress Sofiko Chiaureli notably plays six roles in the film, both male and female. According to Frank Williams, Paradjanov's film celebrates the survival of Armenian culture in the teeth of oppression and persecution: "There are specific images that are highly charged — blood-red juice spilling from a cut pomegranate into a cloth and forming a stain in the shape of the boundaries of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia; dyers lifting hanks of wool out of vats in the colours of the national flag, and so on.

* AnthropomorphicPersonification: There are several. Actress Sofiko Chiaureli portray's Sayat Nova's muse, and the Angel of Death makes an appearance at the end.

* MindScrew: The film is strictly symbolic in nature; anyone without some knowledge of Sayat Nova's life, poetry, and Armenian culture will likely be quite lost watching it. Luckily a few short documentaries have been made for the purpose of explaining the film.

* MindScrew: The film is strictly symbolic in nature; anyone without some knowledge of Sayat Nova's life, poetry, and Armenian culture will likely be quite lost watching it. Luckily a few short documentaries have been made for the purpose of explaining the film.