YEREVAN, OCTOBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. The book "Identita e disgregazione" ("Identity and Destruction: Modern Cinema Pictures") recently published in Italy contains two articles on the film "Armin Wegner: The Genocide Photographer" of Armenian film director Tigran Khzmalian. Alessio Scarlato's article "Photo against the Genocide" analyses the idea of T. Khzmalian's film about the 1915-1920 Armenian Genocide as an onset of the destruction which was not so much national as global. The author underlines the viewpoint of the film director about the responsibility of an individual and the role of intellectuals in history. The second article contains an interview of T.Khzmalian with the Italian cinematologist Silvio Grasselli. It presents the story of the film's creation and the impact of the genocide on the Armenian national mentality. The other articles of the book are dedicated to films of Alexander Sakurov, Richard Stern and Anna Sandberg. The book was released by Tertio Millennio Foundation and presented during the Venice Film Festival.

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