Visit to Picasso (1950)
- Original title
- Bezoek aan Picasso
- Directed by
- Paul Haesaerts
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Belgium
- Runtime
- 21 min
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This short documentary shows Pablo Picasso painting on glass plates while the filmmaker captures the process from the opposite side. It follows the artist in his studio in Vallauris and explores how his paintings take shape.
observationalintimatecreativeretrospectiveinnovativeunderstatedplayfulcalm
What happens
Visit to Picasso ("Bezoek aan Picasso") is a short Belgian documentary film from 1949 about painter Pablo Picasso, directed by Belgian filmmaker Paul Haesaerts. In an effort to capture the nature of Picasso's creative process, Paul Haesaerts asked the Spanish painter to apply his magical brushstrokes to large glass plates as Haesaerts filmed from the other side. This film actually predated the more famous art film The Mystery of Picasso (1956) by Henri-Georges Clouzot, in which Picasso painted on large transparent canvases as the director filmed from the other side. The filming took place in Picasso's studio in Vallauris. In 1951, Visit to Picasso was nominated for best documentary by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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