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The Cinema of Sergei Parajanov selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2014

Posted on December 18, 2014 by James Steffen

In the January 2015 issue of Choice, my book The Cinema of Sergei Parajanov (University of Wisconsin Press, 2013) has been selected as an “Outstanding Academic Title” for 2014 in Film. Choice is a publication of the Association of College … Continue reading →

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The Color of Pomegranates Restored

Posted on September 18, 2014 by James Steffen

At the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, The Film Foundation/World Cinema Project premiered a new 4k digital restoration of Sergei Parajanov’s The Color of Pomegranates (1969). Currently it is screening at various film festivals around the world, and one hopes that … Continue reading →

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Art exhibit in New York: Sergei Parajanov, the Creator

Posted on June 19, 2014 by James Steffen

                  At long last an exhibit of Parajanov’s artworks from the Sergei Parajanov Museum in Yerevan has come to New York City. Entitled Sergei Parajanov: The Creator, the exhibit runs through June … Continue reading →

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How I Discovered Parajanov

Posted on November 26, 2013 by James Steffen

During my November 18 author talk at Emory University for my book The Cinema of Sergei Parajanov, someone asked how I got interested in Parajanov’s work. Here is the story in more detail. I first learned of Parajanov in 1987, … Continue reading →

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Ukrainian Poetic Cinema at the Lincoln Center

Posted on August 27, 2012 by James Steffen

The Film Society of the Lincoln Center is showing the cream of the crop of Ukrainian cinema on September 7-12 in a series entitled “Capturing the Marvelous: Ukrainian Poetic Cinema.”  All of these films are nothing short of dazzling and … Continue reading →

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Parajanov’s The Flower on the Stone

Posted on April 27, 2012 by James Steffen

Sergei Parajanov actually directed only a portion of the 1962 film The Flower on the Stone. Anatoly Slesarenko, began shooting the film under a different title, but the lead actress Inna Burduchenko-Kiriliuk (who played the character Christina) was killed in … Continue reading →

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The Color of Pomegranates: four DVD editions compared

Posted on October 15, 2010 by James Steffen

Last night I was finally able to see the new subtitled Russian Cinema Council DVD of Sergei Parajanov’s The Color of Pomegranates (1969) and can now do a comparison of all the existing DVD editions. Ruscico’s subtitled edition of the … Continue reading →

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