Il Silenzio di Pelesjan

The Silence of Peleshian wishes to portray a memory: one of the work of Armenian filmmaker Artavazd Peleshyan. A memory of his films and of their creation, a memory of cinema and of its relation with mankind, with its life, its mind, its emotions and with the unceasing, endless paths that intertwine one with the other.

Known for his poetic documentaries (The Mouth of the Wolf), Marcello has created a unique and lyrical portrait of the brilliant Armenian filmmaker Artavazd Peleshian. Peleshian (b. 1938) pioneered a dynamic, associative editing technique, "distance montage," inspired by Dziga Vertov, combining original and archival footage in a dazzling style.
The Silence of Peleshian combines scenes from Peleshian's films with new footage of him in present-day Moscow, a silent recluse. Followed by screenings of two of Peleshian's greatest films, Seasons of the Year (1975, 29 mins.) and Life (1993, 7 mins.). Of the former, Peleshian said "I was thinking of everything. It's not specifically the seasons of the year or of people: it's everything." Life is about the process, and meaning, of birth.