Sergei Paradjanov

(1937-2009) | (1924-1990)

With the death of Sergei Paradjanov, cinema lost one of its magicians; Paradjanov's fantasy will forever fascinate and bring joy to the people of the world...

Federico Fellini
Tonino Guerra
Giulietta Masina
Francesco Rosi
Alberto Moravia
Bernardo Bertolucci
Marcello Mastroianni

In the temple of cinema there are images, light and reality. Paradjanov was the master of that temple...

Jean-Luc Godard

"The Color of Pomegranates" by Paradjanov, in my opinion one of the best contemporary film directors, strikes with its perfection of beauty...

Michelangelo Antonioni

Always with huge gratitude and pleasure I remember the films of Sergei Paradjanov, which I love very much. His way of thinking, his paradoxical poetical... ability to love the beauty and ability to be absolutely free within his own vision.

Andrei Tarkovsky

Probably, besides the film language suggested by Griffith and Eisenstein... cinema has not discovered anything revolutionarily new until (Paradjanov's) "Color of Pomegranates"

Mikhail Vartanov

Vartanov... brother-in-arts...You possess everything an artist needs - mind, kindness, principles, freedom. Create... Perhaps, you're the only friend, who compels me to live...

Sergei Paradjanov

I saw that Paradjanov was not alone. He had Vartanov. Like Jean Vigo, who had Boris Kaufman.

Luce Vigo

Vartanov's film, Parajanov: The Last Spring, about the last days of our great Parajanov, excited and filled me with the strength to resume the way of the magnificent tale that the Maestro had taken...

Tonino Guerra

My dear friend (Vartanov)...should you like the (screenplay) "Desert," together we could make a masterpiece...

Artavazd Pelechian

Vartanov...the Eyemoman

William Saroyan

PARAJANOV.com - a widely quoted publication - was thought up in 1995, concieved in 1999, and born in 2001 to unite the fans, friends and family of the legendary director and artist Sergei Paradjanov (1924-1990). The website strives to correct the inaccurate information on Paradjanov throughout the media; tries to ensure that all things Paradjanov are presented in the most respectful manner; has publicized and stopped the sale of what our experts believed were fake Parajanov artworks; and over the years has been successful in its goal of familiarizing the world more closely with the art of this great master. In 2010, the continuation of this work has been ensured by the foundation of the Parajanov-Vartanov Institute.