Artavazd Pelechian -- The Seasons of the Year - Part 2

The last collaboration of Armenia's two most important documentary auteurs, Mikhail Vartanov and Artavazd Pelechian. The first was Osennyaya pastoral (1971) which Artavazd Pelechian wrote and Vartanov directed and this film the "Seasons of the Year" (1975) which Pelechian directed and for the first time used no archive footage likely due to the exquisite cinematography by Vartanov. Pelechian's brilliant "Seasons" is probably one of the 3 most important documentary films made in Armenia, along with Paradjanov's Hakob Hovnatanyan (1967) and Vardanov's Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992). "Seasons" is an outstanding look at the co-existence of Nature and People and is perhaps Pelechian's best film after which 8 years passed before he made another one.

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Film & Animation

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• pelechian
• pelshyan
• seasons
• vremena
• documentary

[danielmelim]

Este gajo lembra-me os poemas do Herberto Helder.

[JPalevesky]

Watching a movie like this over the net - even in HQ - is like whistling the tune of a concerto and thinking you are hearing the concerto. Or reading Cliff's Notes about King Lear and thinking you'vde experienced the play performed in front of you.

It's a shame that lots of people will see The Seasons of the Year on YouTube. They haven't.

[fotomundo]

marvelous film, a real Armenian classic by Peleshian.

[kristitm]

As I said in the first part, this movie is VISUAL POETRY! Kudos to the poster and to the filmmaker PELESHIAN, a genius of Armenian Cinema like Sergei PARAJANOV! Shame that a Romanian and a westerner are the first people who commented on this marvel of Eastern Cinema.

[westernhistory]

ENGLISH SUBTITLES @7'08

"...do you think it's better elsewhere?..."