Saturday, April 24, 2010

Paul Haesaerts' Visite à Picasso (1950)


"Visite à Picasso" (1950) 20m, dir. Paul Haesaerts

A poetic treatment which includes the artist painting on glass while facing the camera, shot at Picasso's home in Vallauris, accompanied by some fairly moody organ music in this very dark, but captivating film. The artist here takes on the character of an eminence-grise, an alchemist engulfed in the "sol y sombra" of his laboratory-studio, filmed in gorgeous black and white.

Producer: Paul Haesaerts
Sponsor: THE PROCESS of Santa Fe
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w

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