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As is made clear in the movie, Parajanov wasn’t a rebel in the sense of being an outspoken human rights activist in the Soviet Union. His rebellion was artistic--he produced avant-garde art when when the Soviets demanded Soviet Realism. Believe it or not, insisting on his own style of filmmaking was a crime, and he spent four years in prison. (He served two other terms in prison. As he says, three different Soviet presidents sent him to jail.)
