
GiorgiShengelayamakeshisoneofthebestfilm"Pirosmani",whichvisualworldisfullysoakedwiththesoulofmasterpiecesofwell-knownprimitivistpainterN.Pirosmanashvili.AtthesametimeGiorgiShengelayaisacinematographer,whosuccessfullyworksingenrecinema.Onhisaccountarewesternadventurefilms"MatsiKhvitia","KharebadaGogia"(KharebaandGogia),oneofthebestGeorgianmusical"VerisUbnisMelodiebi"(MelodiesofVeraQuarter)andalsotheparablefromtheGeorgianhistoryoftheXIXcentury"AkhalgazrdakompozitorisMogzauroba"(TripofYoungComposer).<br/> ThesonofdirectorNikolaiShengelaya,Giorgi,alongwithhisbrotherEldar,werepartofthesixtiesgenerationofSovietfilmmakers.ShengalayagraduatedfromtheMoscowStateInstituteofCinematographyin1963,andmadehisdebutin1967withHeDidNotWantToKill,focusing,likemanyofhisfilms,onGeorgiansubjectsandsettings.His1969film,Pirosmani,couldbeconsideredhisgreatestandmostrepresentativefilm,concernedasitiswithordinarylifeandextraordinaryart,independenceandbelonging--conditionsthatmirroredShengalaya'sperceptionoflifeintheSovietrepublics.




