A mesmerizing document of the artistic process, made possible by filmmaker
Henri-Georges Clouzot's friendship with painter Pablo Picasso. Clouzot (best
known for his thrillers, THE WAGES OF FEAR and DIABOLIQUE) persuaded Picasso
to sit behind a transparent sheet of paper and work — in magic marker,
color and black-and-white ink, and finally oils — while Clouzot filmed
from the other side. To the viewer, Picasso's trademark subjects —
bathers, bulls, circus performers, goats, matadors, still lives — seem to
appear magically, like lines on an etch-a-sketch. Apparently random strokes
resolve themselves into images, whi...
Released:
1956
Rated:
NR
Length:
85 mins