Pirosmani
- 1969
- 1h 25m
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7.7/10
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The story of self-taught Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani.The story of self-taught Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani.The story of self-taught Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani.
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Dodo Abashidze
- Kinto
- (as David Abashidze)
Zurab Kapianidze
- Ushangi
- (as Zura Qapianidze)
Kote Daushvili
- muzh sestri Pirosmanishvili
- (as Shota Daushvili)
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- TriviaPirosmani taught himself to paint. One of his specialties was painting directly into black oilcloth. Although his paintings had some local popularity (about 200 survive) his relationship with professional artists remained not easy.
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Wonderful Film, Sadly Unavailable
I saw this movie when it played at the New Directors New Films series at the Museum of Modern Art in 1975. It was a wonderfully straightforward consideration of a very simple artist who, rather in the manner of Toulouse-Lautrec, hung out in bars and painted, literally, for his living, for food and drink. The film, I remember, had a style which diminished perspective rather as the artist did himself; I completely admired it, and frequently reflect on the sorry state of things that so fine a work can be just unavailable! I grew up in a world where memory of films was often the best one could hope for -- that world had the advantage of "revival theaters" where some old films might be viewed on a full-sized movie screen -- but now things are quite different and many many movies are available for owning or rental, but here is a clear example of a wonderful film -- sadly one of thousands -- still unavailable.
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