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20/08/1950 Documentary 0h 21m
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Overview

In this short 20 minute black and white Belgian documentary, the director, Paul Haesaerts, visualised Pablo Picasso’s flow of imagination when the Spanish painter drew on large glass plates in front of the camera – like a live show of a greatest artist in performing a few masterstrokes that outlines a dove, bull, flower, man or woman and whatnot. (This technique of filming his painting from the other side of the glass plates precedes The Mystery of Picasso (1956), another famous documentary film on Picasso). (via http://www.kubrickians.com/2012/07/08/visite-picasso-1949-paul-haesaert/)

  1. Paul Haesaerts

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Pablo Picasso

    Himself

  2. Gérard Philipe

    Récitant / Narrator

  3. Frank Silvera

    Commentator

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-01-05
For the first half of this documentary, we are guided through a rather fleeting chronology of the development of Picasso's styles of artists through this "Rose" period, his "Negro" works and then "Cubism" and that's all pretty routine stuff. Then, though, we visit his seaside French home in a picturesque village where he proceeds to paint, as if directly onto the screen, and it's astonishing to watch. Random shapes, lines, squiggles and dots become plants, animals and people by the time he has finished what looks like the most rudimentary of styles of brushwork. There's a basic narration, but ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Dutch

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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