Georgian films

[Alexey I. Fuchs]

Perhaps I am wrong and I mixed up the names of the movies, but isn't it
the one in which Kikabidze pulls out of the king's throat a bone, thus
preventing his death through choking? (Of course, there are details into
which I won't go, this is just to ensure we are talking about the same
movie). If so, the legend may not be Georgian "to the bone", but it is
certainly mediaeval. Or are we confused by the fact that the setting of
the legend in the movie is modern?

By the way, I have recently seen "Ashik Kerib" by Paradzhanov. This is an
extraordinary movie depicting a lot of Georgian rites and traditions, set
in the times of Muslem Georgia. A bit of surrealism and a dedication to
Tarkovsky, "friend and teacher," if I am not mistaken.

The characters in this movie seemed to me to speak Turkish rather than
Georgian (though I am ignorant in both). Can anybody provide ann easy
explanation?

                                                        Alexey



On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, I. Christina Sperrle wrote:

> <"Ne goryuy," - a mediaeval Georgian legend, a comedy again. One of
> <the best.
>
> Interesting, I didn't know that in Georgia the medieval period lasted into
> the 20th century. It is one of the best comedies, though.
>