"Being King Of Clowns He Never Became Clown Of Kings"

"BEING KING OF CLOWNS HE NEVER BECAME CLOWN OF KINGS"

Panorama.am
16:00 09/01/2009

Today famous Armenian film director Sergey Paradjanov’s 85th
anniversary is celebrated. Paradjanov was granted people’s artist of
Armenia and Ukraine. Artist’s fans will visit pantheon named after
Komitas to commemorate him.

Sergey Parajanov was born in Tbilisi in 1924, in the Armenian family,
that had a deep historical background. In 1946 Parajanov entered at
the Moscow institute of Cinematography. He directed "The Shadows
of our Ancestors" (1964), which at once made him one of the best
directors of the world.

The next movie, ‘The Color of Pomegranates" had brought him the world
fame. G. Kuntseyev said: "Being the king of clowns, he never became
clown of the kings."

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS