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The Color of Pomegranates (1969) Smell-O-Vision
The following description was submitted by the event organizer.
Welcome to The Color of Pomegranates Smell-O-Vision—a special one-night-only, immersive, multi-sensory experience. During this special screening, Fumerie Parfumerie will be administering a special scent designed intentionally for The Color of Pomegranates alongside the scenes it is intended to be smelled with.*
*The scent elements of this showing will be limited to two specific scenes. Those with sensitivities to fragrance are encouraged to join one of the other exciting, non-scented, showings during the festival.
ON SCREEN: The Color of Pomegranates
1969. Directed by Sergei Parajanov. Runtime: 1hr 19min. Not Rated.
A breathtaking fusion of poetry, ethnography, and cinema, Sergei Parajanov’s masterwork overflows with unforgettable images and sounds. In a series of tableaux that blend the tactile with the abstract, The Color of Pomegranates revives the splendors of Armenian culture through the story of the eighteenth-century troubadour Sayat-Nova, charting his intellectual, artistic, and spiritual growth through iconographic compositions rather than traditional narrative. The film’s tapestry of folklore and metaphor departed from the realism that dominated the Soviet cinema of its era, leading authorities to block its distribution, with rare underground screenings presenting it in a restructured form. This edition features the cut closest to Parajanov’s original vision, in a restoration that brings new life to one of cinema’s most enigmatic meditations on art and beauty. (Criterion Collection)