Parajanov: The Last Spring (film)

Parajanov: The Last Spring (Russian: Параджанов последняя весна) (Armenian: Փարաջանով: Վերջին Գարուն) (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 Pomegranates and other material. Featured in 7th Annual Russian Academy of Cinema Arts Awards (1993).

Awards and Honors

• 2003—Beverly Hills Film Festival: Golden Palm Award
• 1993—Nika Awards: Best Documentary Film
• 1995—San Francisco International Film Festival: Golden Gate Award
• 2012— Busan International Film Festival: Eternal Travelers for Freedom Retrospective

Quotes

• "Mikhail Vartanov...made a wonderful film Parajanov: The Last Spring." Martin Scorsese^[1][2]
• "Mikhail Vartanov's film Parajanov: The Last Spring...exemplifies the power of art over any limitations." Francis Ford Coppola^[3][4]

Bibliography

• Dixon & Foster. "A Short History of Film." New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2008. ISBN 9780813542690
• Schneider, Steven. "501 Directores de Cine." Barcelona, Spain: Grijalbo, 2008. ISBN 9788425342646
• "Francis Ford Coppola recognizes…" Hollywood Reporter (20 October 2015)
• Perreault, Luc. "Paradjanov - The Last Spring." "La Presse" a12, 14 June 1994 (French language)
• Thomas, Kevin. "Intoxicating spirit." "Los Angeles Times" (1 January 2004).

References

External links

• Parajanov.com
• Parajanov: The Last Spring on IMDb
• Francis Ford Coppola about Parajanov: The Last Spring
• Channel 1 Moscow on Parajanov: The Last Spring
• Parajanov: The Last Spring TV clip