THE MYSTERY OF PICASSO

Showings

Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Wed, Feb 11 7:30 PM

Description

The Cinema as Canvas
THE MYSTERY OF PICASSO
Wednesday, February 11th at 7:30 PM

Hosted by artist Karl Bourke
$18 Public | $11 Members

In 1955, Henri-Georges Clouzot joined forces with his friend Pablo Picasso to make an entirely new kind of art film. Together, they devised an innovative technique: the filmmaker placed his camera behind a semitransparent surface on which the artist drew, capturing a perfect reverse image of Picasso’s brushstrokes, turning the motion-picture screen into the artist’s canvas. Mesmerizing and unforgettable, The Mystery of Picasso is one of the greatest documentaries on art ever made. (France, 1956, 78 mins, PG, French |  Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot)