On Wednesday, June 6, at age of 83 the famous Ukrainian director Kira Muratova has died. Her movies are familiar to lots of people, in fact – her first ones were shot in 1967 (Short meetings) and 1971 (Long farewells) and brought her to popularity. Her last movie, Eternal Homecoming became a final work of her director’s career, which she announced after it’s premiere. DUMKA’s Reactions today is about how one of the brightest artists of our generation will be remembered.
Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, had posted on his Facebook page that Kira Muratova was an extremely talented director, ‘’person of the whole age‘’. According to his words, the most demanding critics of the world were applauding to her vision, and her talent was renowned among the most prestigious film festivals.
Famous Ukrainian writer, psychologist and psychiatrist Boris Khersonskiy had posted a poem on his page, which, at a first glance was dedicated to Kira Muratova. However, after it he clarified that he didn’t know about Muratova’s death at the moment of writing the poem. He also has told that he knew Muratova personally and even have been consulting some of her movies. She even shot the short film by his one and only movie script.
He also had posted a separate post with acclaiming her as the best movie-maker of Odessa ever.
An artist and Odessa Fine-arts museum director Alexander Roitburd, reminded his followers about the words that Muratova once had said: “The only thing I want to leave after myself are my films”. He also had posted a full impressive list of her works.
Organizers of Odesa International Film Festival had sent their condolences to family and close friends of director. They added that Muratova have also been an owner of numerous film prizes with Golden Duke among them.
Blogger and Journalist Nazar Prikhodko reminded that another Ukrainian director Leonid Kanter has also died few days ago. He thinks June had started very sadly for those who are the part of art and culture.
Literature observer Yurii Volodarskii wrote that this news were still shocking although everyone has known about director’s ill.
Anna Filimonova, another Ukrainian journalist had posted that meeting Muratova on streets of Odesa to its habitants was similar to meeting Woodie Allen by a new-yorker.
A movie critic Sergiy Trymbach has noticed that Kira Muratova had died at home after coming back home from hospital two weeks ago. Ill was at its terminal stage and nothing could help.
Blogger and doctor Natalia Leliukh just wrote – there are even more butterflies in the air today.
Journalist and art-specialist Valentina Klymenko remembered Muratova as a rebel director and a free person.
Journalist and a tv-host Natalia Vlaschenko remembers her interview with Muratova. At that interview, she said that harmony is not about the balance. There is always something that is breaking the rules and symmetry.
A book writer and a literature specialist Khrystia Vengryniuk admitted that Muratova was the one who influenced her vision of life and there’s no one who could ever come close to her level.
Olena Balaba, a journalist and social-activist had stated that unfortunately there are not a lot of people who remember all of her films, emotions. She also thinks that there’s no place for Muratova’s monument in Odesa nowadays – wrong format.
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