Armenian rhapsody
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Armenian filmmaker Sergei Paradjanov, who died in Jul 1990, had an extremely significant impact on cinema. He gained a reputation in the West through his 1964 film 'Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors,' which was shot in the Carpathian mountains and used Ukrainian dialect, rather than standard Russian. His 1965 film 'The Colour of Pomegranates,' about Armenian troubadour Sayat Nova, attracted disapproval from the Russian authorities, but he was able to smuggle it out of Russia. He was imprisoned for several years, but managed to smuggle many drawings out with friends. Some of these are now being exhibited at Leighton House Museum in London, England.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1999
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Strange days
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The Burning Man festival is held in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, a hot, bleak region where wildfires have been known to kill people. The event began in San Francisco in 1985 and had moved to Nevada by the early 1990s. The number of people attending the event has risen to 20,000. The nearest town to the festival is Gerlach, with a population of 243 inhabitants, many of whom dislike the disruption that the festival causes. The Nevada Bureau of Land Management and the organizers of the festival have sought to manage its impact.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1999
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A genius trampled by Hollywood's populism
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Filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, who recently celebrated his 80th birthday, was for many years regarded both in his native Sweden and elsewhere as an intimidating pessimist. He has known considerable unhappiness, and many of his films highlight the anguish of life. However, he has also shown himself to be a survivor, and is clearly moved by ordinary people. His key subjects have been guilt and doubt, together with the possibility of love or work distancing people from their pain.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
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