temple". Despite having many admirers of his art, his vision did not attract many followers. "Whoever tries to imitate me is lost", he reportedly said. However, directors such as Theo Angelopoulos, Béla Tarr and Mohsen Makhmalbaf share Parajanov's approach to film as a primarily visual medium rather than as a narrative tool. The Parajanov-Vartanov Institute was established in Hollywood in 2010 to study, preserve and promote the artistic legacies of Sergei Parajanov and Mikhail Vartanov. Filmography Screenplays Produced and partially produced screenplays Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Тіні забутих предків, 1965, co-written with Ivan Chendei, based on the novelette by Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky) Kyiv Frescoes (Київські фрески, 1965) Sayat Nova (Саят-Нова, 1969, production screenplay of The Color of Pomegranates) The Confession (сповідь, 1969–1989) Studies About Vrubel (Этюды о Врубеле, 1989, depiction of Mikhail Vrubel's Kyiv period, co-written and directed by Leonid Osyka) Swan Lake: The Zone (Лебедине озеро. Зона, 1989, filmed in 1990, directed by Yuriy Illienko, cinematographer of Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors) Unproduced screenplays and projects The Dormant Palace (Дремлющий дворец, 1969, based on Pushkin's poem The Fountain of Bakhchisaray) Intermezzo (1972, based on Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky's short story) Icarus (Икар, 1972) The Golden Edge (Золотой обрез, 1972) Ara the Beautiful (Ара Прекрасный, 1972, based on the poem by 20th century Armenian poet Nairi Zaryan about Ara the Beautiful) Demon (Демон, 1972, based on Lermontov's eponymous poem) The Miracle of Odense (Чудо в Оденсе, 1973, loosely based on the life and works of Hans Christian Andersen) David of Sasun (Давид Сасунский, mid-1980s, based on Armenian epic poem David of Sasun) The Martyrdom of Shushanik (Мученичество Шушаник, 1987, based on Georgian chronicle by Iakob Tsurtaveli) The Treasures of Mount Ararat (Сокровища у горы Арарат) Among his projects, there also were plans for adapting Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha, Shakespeare's Hamlet, Goethe's Faust, the Old East Slavic poem The Tale of Igor's Campaign, but film scripts for these were never completed. References in popular culture Parajanov's life story provides (quite loosely) the basis for the 2006 novel Stet by the American author James Chapman. Lady Gaga's video for 911 visually references The Color of Pomegranates through much of the video. The film poster also appears on the street scene at the end of the video. Gaga's video presents the film's symbols in her own allegory of pain. Madonna's 1995 music video Bedtime Story restages some content from the movie (such as the scene of