Vasily Katanian. Touching idols. In Russian

Vasily Katanian. Touching idols. In Russian/Katanyan Vasiliy. Prikosnovenie k idolam. A series: Memories. M. Zakharov, 2002, 512s., The eminent documentary filmmaker and brilliant storyteller Vasily Katanian wrote this book not so much about himself as about his intimate acquaintance with great contemporaries - from Mayakovsky to Marlen Dietrich and from Eisenstein to Arkady Raikin. Moreover, he wrote with rare humor and an even rarer frankness, which no longer shocks anyone, but fascinates everyone. The bulk of the book is the first intimate biography in Russian of the magnificent and mysterious Lili Brick - she was his stepmother, a candid portrait of the great and intransigent Maya Plisetskaya - he has been friends with her for forty years, an insightful biography of the genius and quirkiness of Sergei Paradzhanov - the author was with him from the students bench until the last years of his life. Please contact us for details on condition of available copies of the book. SKUalbf72399e7083393d0.