The Mystery of Picasso [Blu-ray]

Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot Henri-Georges Clouzot

Overview

Released shortly after Luciano Emmer's documentary Picasso, H. G. Clouzot's Le Mystère Picasso was an unmitigated commercial disaster - all the more tragic when one considers the groundbreaking nature of its content. Like Emmer before him, Clouzot offers rare and precious glimpses of Pablo Picasso at work. The film watches Picasso draw or paint 15 different works, often via tightly-compressed, time-lapse cinematography. All of the featured masterpieces were intentionally destroyed following production, meaning that they exist only in the cinematic realm. With this documentary, Clouzot comes as close as humanly possible to defining the genius of Picasso within the parameters of the camera lens. Oddly, Le Mystère Picasso does not appear on many of the "official" lists of Clouzot's films, even though it won a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/16/2021
UPC:	0738329256401
Original Release:	1956
Source:	Milestone Video
Language:	English
Time:	1:18:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Pablo Picasso	Himself,Composer
Henri-Georges Clouzot	Himself
Claude Renoir	Himself
Georges Auric	Composer

Technical Credits

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Pablo Picasso

Henri-Georges Clouzot	Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Pablo Picasso	Screenwriter