The Mystery of Picasso

Umberto L.

When you look at him swapping all those inventive layers and you think that most of the old, beautiful ones are buried under the new ones and lost forever... and you are aware that you liked them a lot but it means nothing to him... then you start having a clue of what's inside the mind of a genius. Or, perhaps, what I have written is exactly what that genius wants you to believe. A brilliant and wonderful film.

Endless Eye

There are some amazing scenes in this, but instead of being "transfixed by the creative process and its mystery" I found myself feeling like I was watching a screen-saver half the time. It's worth a gander however, if only to see Picasso and Clouzot smoking their tobaccos and thinking intensely.

Lefteris Becerra

un film bersoniano, escribió bazin. las reflexiones del crítico-teórico francés a propósito de esta película son tan importantes como el film mismo. quien tenga alguna duda o siente curiosidad, que le de vuelta a la primera página

Chichago_

To understand how the mind of the artist works, see how his hand moves. There is one word that I can conclude from watching how Picasso creates his artworks: spontaneity.

honovic

An interesting look at the process of a brilliant artist. It remarkably shows great works-in-progress that are painted over (or ruined?) again and again as the idea for Picasso's painting is changing before our eyes. You catch glimpses of some beautiful art that has never been seen before nor will be seen again.

Demetria Moondance

In case you were wondering, Picasso is in fact brilliant and this documentary provides iron clad proof. Watch him create, destroy, and re-create with unmatched skill and confidence.

tgmf

Movements of Picasso's brush hypnotize you and lead to the strange world of his beautiful imagination with the very first stroke. You just can't resist falling in this planes again and again.

Peter Belly

NOTES—got to love these French attempts at ‘pure’ documentary/one blinks and asks themselves ‘where is he?’/from a critical perspective I just want to list colors[good thing]/jump cuts work stylistically a successfully avoids tedium/footage in reverse smart bc deconstruction just as telling as construction/break:: chat:: change to over-the-shoulder/TIME CRUNCH:: gives tension and characterizes our figures [...]