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The Mystery of Picasso ( French: Le mystère Picasso) is a 1956 French documentary film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. In it, the painter Pablo Picasso produces 20 drawings and paintings, at first using inks that bleed through the paper on which he is drawing, with the act of creation filmed in real-time from the backside of the easel, and ...
"The Mystery of Picasso is a 1956 film, made by Henri-Georges Clouzot.It aims to unravel Picasso’s process of painting and of artistic production of metaphys...
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Director Henri-Georges Clouzot, best known in America for his expert thrillers (Diabolique, The Wages of Fear, Le Corbeau) captures a different kind of suspense in this astonishing documentary: can the viewer think faster than Picasso?
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- Documentary, Biography, History
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- 1956-05-18
In 1955 Henri-Georges Clouzot joined forces with his friend Pablo Picasso to make an entirely new kind of documentary – one that captured the moment and the mystery of creativity. For the film, Picasso created 20 artworks, ranging from playful B&W sketches to widescreen color paintings.
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Pablo Picasso, Claude Renoir
The Mystery of Picasso. Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot • 1956 • France. Starring Pablo Picasso. In 1955, Henri-Georges Clouzot joined forces with his friend Pablo Picasso to make an entirely new kind of art film, “a film that could capture the moment and the mystery of creativity.”.
The Mystery of Picasso Filmmaker Henri-Georges Clouzot and the most influential artist of the twentieth century, Pablo Picasso, use experimental and innovative techniques to create an entirely new kind of art documentary.
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In 1955 Henri-Georges Clouzot joined forces with his friend Pablo Picasso to make an entirely new kind of documentary – one that captured the moment and the ...