Le mystère Picasso / The mystery of Picasso
Explores the mind and motivations of Pablo Picasso as he creates over fifteen works before the camera. Using a specially designed transparent 'canvas' to provide an unobstructed view, Picasso creates as the camera records. He begins with simple works that take shape after only a single brush stroke. He then progresses to more complex paintings, in which he repeatedly adds and removes elements, transforming the entire scene, until at last the work is complete.
Filmsonor présente ; un film produit et réalise par Henri-Georges Clouzot.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.
Final segment of this program is presented in a 2.35:1 widescreen aspect ratio.
Special features: audio commentary by Peggy Parsons, National Gallery of Art; audio commentary by Archie Rand, muralist and senior professor of Visual Arts, Columbia University; short film: Alain Resnais' Guernica (1950. 13 min.); theatrical trailer.
Artist, Pablo Picasso.
DVD.
In French with English subtitles.
Director of photography, Claude Renoir ; editor, Henri Colpi ; music, Georges Auric.
