sassanide:[1] According to Frank Williams, Paradjanov’s film celebrates the survival of South Caucas
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sassanide:[1] According to Frank Williams, Paradjanov’s film celebrates the survival of South Caucasus culture in the teeth of oppression and persecution :“There are specific images that are highly charged — blood-red juice spilling from a cut pomegranate into a cloth and forming a stain in the shape of the boundaries of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia; dyers lifting hanks of wool out of vats in the colours of the national flag, and so on” -- source link