Thu November 20, 2014
Khabarda (Mikheil Chiaureli; USSR, 1931)
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(Postoronites’/Zdes’ padaiut kamni, a.k.a. Forward!, Get Out of the Way!)
A painter, political cartoonist, sculptor, and theater director who turned to film in his thirties, Mikheil Chiaureli made twenty-five films between 1928 and 1974. Some of his work was associated with the creation of Stalinist mythology; he received the Stalin Prize six times. Set in Tbilisi, Khabarda is a satire that plays on the tension between petit bourgeois values and the incoming sweep of Communist ideology. The film was immediately criticized for elements that were insensitive to Georgian culture. However, Chiaureli’s contributions to both radical film style and the expressive pictorial quality of socialist cinema, with films like Saba and Khabarda, remain impressive.
• Written by Sergei Tretyakov, Chiaureli. Photographed by Anton Polikevich. With Sergo Zavriev, P. Chkonia, Sh. Asatiani, Siko Vachnadze.
(64 mins @ 24 fps, Silent with Russian intertitles and simultaneous English translation, B&W, 35mm, From Gosfilmofond)
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(Postoronites’/Zdes’ padaiut kamni, a.k.a. Forward!, Get Out of the Way!)
A painter, political cartoonist, sculptor, and theater director who turned to film in his thirties, Mikheil Chiaureli made twenty-five films between 1928 and 1974. Some of his work was associated with the creation of Stalinist mythology; he received the Stalin Prize six times. Set in Tbilisi, Khabarda is a satire that plays on the tension between petit bourgeois values and the incoming sweep of Communist ideology. The film was immediately criticized for elements that were insensitive to Georgian culture. However, Chiaureli’s contributions to both radical film style and the expressive pictorial quality of socialist cinema, with films like Saba and Khabarda, remain impressive.
• Written by Sergei Tretyakov, Chiaureli. Photographed by Anton Polikevich. With Sergo Zavriev, P. Chkonia, Sh. Asatiani, Siko Vachnadze.
(64 mins @ 24 fps, Silent with Russian intertitles and simultaneous English translation, B&W, 35mm, From Gosfilmofond)
Imported Print!
(Postoronites’/Zdes’ padaiut kamni, a.k.a. Forward!, Get Out of the Way!)
A painter, political cartoonist, sculptor, and theater director who turned to film in his thirties, Mikheil Chiaureli made twenty-five films between 1928 and 1974. Some of his work was associated with the creation of Stalinist mythology; he received the Stalin Prize six times. Set in Tbilisi, Khabarda is a satire that plays on the tension between petit bourgeois values and the incoming sweep of Communist ideology. The film was immediately criticized for elements that were insensitive to Georgian culture. However, Chiaureli’s contributions to both radical film style and the expressive pictorial quality of socialist cinema, with films like Saba and Khabarda, remain impressive.
• Written by Sergei Tretyakov, Chiaureli. Photographed by Anton Polikevich. With Sergo Zavriev, P. Chkonia, Sh. Asatiani, Siko Vachnadze.
(64 mins @ 24 fps, Silent with Russian intertitles and simultaneous English translation, B&W, 35mm, From Gosfilmofond)
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(Postoronites’/Zdes’ padaiut kamni, a.k.a. Forward!, Get Out of the Way!)
A painter, political cartoonist, sculptor, and theater director who turned to film in his thirties, Mikheil Chiaureli made twenty-five films between 1928 and 1974. Some of his work was associated with the creation of Stalinist mythology; he received the Stalin Prize six times. Set in Tbilisi, Khabarda is a satire that plays on the tension between petit bourgeois values and the incoming sweep of Communist ideology. The film was immediately criticized for elements that were insensitive to Georgian culture. However, Chiaureli’s contributions to both radical film style and the expressive pictorial quality of socialist cinema, with films like Saba and Khabarda, remain impressive.
• Written by Sergei Tretyakov, Chiaureli. Photographed by Anton Polikevich. With Sergo Zavriev, P. Chkonia, Sh. Asatiani, Siko Vachnadze.
(64 mins @ 24 fps, Silent with Russian intertitles and simultaneous English translation, B&W, 35mm, From Gosfilmofond)
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