Pomegranates, fifty years on
Tarsem Singh's video for Lady Gaga's 911 restaged the look of Parajanov's film, and put its poster on screen.
The Color of Pomegranates tells the life of the bard Sayat-Nova in frontal tableaux, with little dialogue. Soviet censors held it back in 1969.
Tarsem Singh, who has often named Parajanov as an influence, directed the video for 911 in 2020. W magazine reported that it drew largely on the film, down to the pomegranates around Gaga and a brief glimpse of the film's poster. The Fader called it a pop twist on Parajanov's film.
Reported at the time