A documentary movie about the composer Aram Khachaturian will be screened in Quad cinemas in New York City starting yesterday…Here is a critique on the movie from the Village Voice.
Released one week after its subject’s Carnegie Hall centennial concert, Rosen’s documentary bio is a straightforward introduction to the life and work of composer Aram Khachaturian. Known for a distinctly Armenian sound, Khachaturian was first milked for patriotic Soviet compositions, then denounced as an enemy of the people—along with Shostakovich and Prokofiev—for his formalism. Based mainly on Khachaturian’s writings, the film hits a grace note depicting the all-nighter that begot the famous “Saber Dance.” Eric Bogosian’s narration—done in first person, as if Khachaturian were reading from his memoirs—suggests that a few liberties were taken with the autobiographical material, and Rosen doesn’t quite know where to go after chronicling the musician’s downfall.
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