ARTICLES ON TIGRAN KHZMALIAN’S FILM "ARMIN WEGNER: THE GENOCIDE PHOTOGRAPHER" INCLUDED IN BOOK PUBLISHED IN ITALY
Noyan Tapan
Oct 28, 2008
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. The book "Identita e disgregazione"
("Identity and Destruction: Modern Cinema Pictures") recently published
in Italy contains two articles on the film "Armin Wegner: The Genocide
Photographer" of Armenian film director Tigran Khzmalian. Alessio
Scarlato’s article "Photo against the Genocide" analyses the idea of
T. Khzmalian’s film about the 1915-1920 Armenian Genocide as an onset
of the destruction which was not so much national as global. The author
underlines the viewpoint of the film director about the responsibility
of an individual and the role of intellectuals in history.
The second article contains an interview of T.Khzmalian with the
Italian cinematologist Silvio Grasselli. It presents the story of
the film’s creation and the impact of the genocide on the Armenian
national mentality.
The other articles of the book are dedicated to films of Alexander
Sakurov, Richard Stern and Anna Sandberg. The book was released by
Tertio Millennio Foundation and presented during the Venice Film
Festival.