Talk:The Color of Pomegranates

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The section of this article -- under Trivia, of all places -- which suggests some link between 2001 and Sayat Nova is so utterly fatuous and furthermore thin on evidence that I'm going to remove it. This whole article is obviously written by some rabid fan who sees in this film some mystical meaning, but that is no reason for the article to descend to what is not even personal research but emotionally motivated abracadabra. 70.81.139.35 (talk) 20:51, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"This is film is non-narrative(the story is carried visually or even aurally)" -- what story, if it is non-narrative? --80.153.145.238 (talk) 10:52, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is incorrect to list the Armenian release name of the film as Սայաթ-Նովա / Sayat Nova. By the time the film was released in Armenia, the title had already been changed to Նռան գույնը / Nran guyne. You can see this on the print of the official Armenian release version available on DVD from Kino, which is often (mistakenly) referred to as the "director's cut." The film was never released under the title Sayat-Nova, because the authorities objected to how the film represented (or failed to represent) Sayat-Nova as a poet. Changing the title was one of the requirements for getting it approved for release. See my article: James Steffen, "From Sayat-Nova to The Color of Pomegranates: notes on the production and censorship of Parajanov’s film," Armenian Review (Parajanov special issue), Vol. 47, Nos. 3-4 and Vol. 48, Nos. 1-2 (2001-2002), pp. 105–147. (The volume and issue numbering is admittedly confusing, but it refers to a single issue.) Jsteffe (talk) 03:55, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]