The Mystery of Picasso

Kudos to the producers for forcing this project upon Pablo Picasso. Though Picasso will live forever on screen thanks to his brief appearance in Cocteau's The Testament of Orpheus, it was this 1956 documentary of Picasso in action that has the most meaning. Picasso paints a few paintings on a transparent canvas. It shows how some paintings begin as small doodles of other objects but eventually transform to become something else entirely. The process of Picasso is truly fascinating. This film doesn't exist as a creative project, but it is an important document to carry on forever.