Writings

Academic Publications (Selected)

See my CV for a complete list of publications and conference papers.

The Cinema of Sergei Parajanov: the poet, the party and the people. (book manuscript in-progress)

“Kyiv Frescoes: Sergei Parajanov’s Unrealized Film Project.” KinoKultura Special Issue 9: Ukrainian Cinema (December 2009), online. URL: http://www.kinokultura.com/specials/9/steffen.shtml

Book review of Looking Past the Screen: Case Studies in American Film History and Method. Film International Vol. 7, No. 6 (2009), 79-80.

“The Poetry of Objects: Sergei Parajanov’s Collage Aesthetic” and “Sergei Parajanov: a biographical sketch.” Sergei Parajanov, Off Camera: Collages, Assemblages, and Objects. Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, 2003. (Exhibition catalog.)

Guest Editor, special issue on Sergei Parajanov, Armenian Review vols. 47/48, nos. 3-4/1-2 (2001/2).

“From Sayat-Nova to The Color of Pomegranates: notes on the production and censorship of Parajanov’s film” and Appendix of translated documents. Armenian Review vols. 47/48, nos. 3-4/1-2 (2001/2): 105-185.

Book review of Sergei Parajanov, Seven Visions. (Translation of Parajanov’s film scripts.) Film Quarterly vol. 54, no. 1 (Fall 2000): 60-61.

“Parajanov’s Playful Poetics: On the ‘Director’s Cut’ of The Color of Pomegranates.” Journal of Film and Video, vol. 47, no. 4 (Winter 1995-96): 17-33.