The Mystery of Picasso (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1956)
Rating: 8.9
Despite being considered a documentary, this film plays out more like a hybrid of documentary and experimental film as director, Henri-Georges Clouzot and cinematographer, Claude Renoir capture the creative genius and art of Pablo Picasso on film using stop motion cameras as well as transparent paper canvases. Aside from some conversing between the filmmakers and Picasso as they show us the process by which this film was accomplished, it mostly consists of the progressions of the paintings accompanied by music. It is a dazzling experience to see the paintings unfolding, transforming, and sometimes even being destroyed before our eyes. This film also introduces a groundbreaking new way at looking at the artforms of film and painting and bringing them together.
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