"This is Parajanov s triumph": Zaven Sargsyan about the "Temple of  Cinema" project, dedicated to "The Color of Pomegranate" film

ArmInfo. And after death, as in life, the great director, screenwriter, artist, collage artist Sergei Parajanov can easily assemble a full house of friends, relatives and  just admirers of his work. On July 8, in the abandoned,  half-abandoned "Ayrarat" cinema which did not receive guests for  about two decades, gathered over 200 visitors, including cultural  figures from Armenia, government representatives, friends and just  Maestro fans.

The reason for such a meeting was the project "The Temple of Cinema",  created by the Polish company Fixafilm in cooperation with the  National Cinema Center of Armenia and the Golden Apricot Film  Festival, which was dedicated to the Parajanov's "The Color of  Pomegranates" film. Thanks to the project, the Armenian viewer had  the opportunity to see the shots that were not included in the main  montage of the picture.

Among the guests it was difficult not to notice the friend of the  director, founder and director of the museum Sergei Parajanov - Zaven  Sargsyan, who with enthusiasm and some sadness watched what was  happening, fixing everything on the camera, which he repeatedly  photographed Parajanov himself.  Speaking with ArmInfo correspondent,  Zaven Sargsyan said: "I must say that this is Parajanov's triumph.   Because this is his best film about our country, which,  unfortunately, has not received a single official prize, with the  exception of small awards. And it should have been a shame. But as  Parajanov himself said, "time will put everything in its place". And  I think that this time has come.

"Because continuous suffering is connected with the creation of this  film, in particular, because these frames, which we have the  opportunity to see today, did not get into the film," explained  Sargsyan. In continuation of the above, he noted that the reasons for  which some episodes remained outside the main film are completely  different. In particular, according to Sargsyan, Parajanov excluded  some points himself, as an artist, the decision was also influenced  by the need to reduce the size of the picture, and some frames were  cut for other reasons.

It should be noted that the Armenian audience can see the  installation not included in the main frame of the Sergei Parajanov's   "The Color of Pomegranates" film from July 9 to July 12 from 12:00pm  to 8:00pm in the "Ayrarat" cinema (formerly Russia) in the framework  of the "Temple of Cinema" project of the Golden Apricot International  Film Festival, which takes place in Yerevan from July 7 to July 14 .  The entrance is free.