Narrator's Color

Has anyone ever seen that old classic from the Soviet era? The director is actually Russ, but the whole movie is in Armenian. I was wondering if anyone knows where I can track down a DVD—I've heard it’s considered one of the greatest films ever made, definitely more of an art house vibe...

snowflakes-from-siberia said:Has anyone actually seen that old classic? The director is Russ, but the movie itself is in Armenian. I'm trying to find out if it's available on DVD—I heard it’s basically one of the greatest films ever made, super artsy...

The director is Sergei Parajanov—he's an Armenian born in Georgia. Such a fascinating guy, and man, his movies are next-level art house stuff.
There's actually a whole thread about him under the movies section. I haven't caught "The Color of Pomegranates" yet, but I've seen some of his other work—some random nice person on a forum sent me those links. Where'd you hear about it?

The Color of Pomegranate is just pure magic. I can't quite remember if I'm mixing it up with some other indie flick from that era, but I think there isn't even any dialogue in this one. Back in the eighties, TV networks were actually bold enough to air stuff like this.

Honestly, I don't think many movies out there can touch those classics from that period. If I could, I’d probably go out and buy every single one of them.