"Enjoy to the Fullest!": exhibition for the 100th anniversary of S.I. Parajanov\r\n\r\nOn May 23, at the central building of the GMI RLI named after V.I. Dahl on Zubovsky Boulevard, the exhibition "Sergey Parajanov. The Eternal Flight" opened, timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the birth of the cult film director of the Soviet era. The project was prepared jointly with the State Central Museum of Cinema.\r\n\r\nParajanov is one of the most important figures in both national and world cinema. Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Hossein, Andrei Tarkovsky, Michelangelo Antonioni — the great directors of the 20th century admired his talent and his ability to make art out of everything, including his own life and everyday surroundings.\r\n\r\nThe exhibition's creators sought to convey the multifaceted nature of Parajanov's work. The exhibition features a large number of photographs, many of which were "staged" by Sergey Iosifovich himself: in one he shows his parents' house, here he poses with a parrot, in some shots he is captured while working on another film, and in the famous photograph taken by Yuri Mechitov, Parajanov, in a slight leap, sets off on his own eternal flight: to leave a trace forever not only in cinema but in culture as a whole.\r\n\r\nWithin the exhibition you can see original posters of Sergey Parajanov's early films, costume sketches, authentic props used in the filming of his most famous pictures: "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors", "The Color of Pomegranates", "Ashik Kerib", the director's personal belongings and other valuable exhibits. The display also reveals one of the most difficult episodes of the director's life — his time in captivity, in a prison camp: originals of Parajanov's letters to his relatives are presented, as well as his collages, drawings and self-portraits that he created during those years and sent to his family, including to his nephew Georgy, who became one of the exhibition's initiators.\r\n\r\nThe museum invites you to immerse yourself in the amazing world of the talented director and see life in the color of the pomegranate — as vividly as Sergey Parajanov could. The exhibition is open to visitors until October 27 at the Central building of the GMI RLI named after V.I. Dahl (Zubovsky Boulevard, 15).