Sergei Parajanov was an artist whose aesthetics were inherently political.
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors revealed the possibility of a free Ukrainian cinema.
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Movie poster for the film 'Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors'. The poster has a black background and the film title is in blue text. The art is a black and white sketch of a man holding a lamb and in the background are various sketches of scenes from the film.
Today's morning coffee film was a 1960s Ukrainian film! I decided to watch #shadowsofforgottenancestors and I'm so glad I did! The cinematography in this was top notch.
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“The roots of tyranny and freedom trace back to long before recorded history, and are etched in our genes.”
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“We achieve some measure of adulthood when we recognize our parents as they really were, without sentimentalizing or mythologyzing, but also without blaming them unfairly for our imperfections.”
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“The many sorrows of our recent history suggest that we humans have a learning disability.”
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“Life is profligate, blind at this level unconcerned with notions of justice. It can afford to waste multitudes.”
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“A new generation gladly abandons its critical and skeptical faculties. Old slogans and hatreds are dusted off. What was only recently muttered guiltily is now offered as political axiom and agenda.”
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“Each of us is a tiny being, permitted to ride on the outermost skin of one of the smaller planets for a few dozen trips around the local star.”
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“God is an invention of Man. So the nature of God is only a shallow mystery. The deep mystery is the nature of Man.”
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