Georgian films

[Edward M Dumanis]

I might be mistaken but I always thought that the original Ashik Kerib was
Azerbaijani or Uzbek.  Does anyone know for sure?

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at acsu.buffalo.edu>


On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Alexey I. Fuchs wrote:

> 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.
> >
>