Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Pros: a lot going on visually, Ivan Dzyura as the young Ivan
Cons: lack of interest in narrative and characterization (or opposition to them!)

In 1964, as it won awards at film festivals in the West, no one had seen anything like "Tini zabutykh predkiv" (Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors), a series of vivid, colorful tableaux based on the telling of a romantic legend from the Gutsuls, a people in ...

Pros: Highly original visual style; surreal and mythic quality; exotic soundtrack
Cons: None

You've never seen a film like this film unless you've seen the film itself. The look and sounds of Sergei Paradjanov's Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors feel so fresh and original that there is really nothing with which to compare it. It is ...