Le mystère Picasso | The Mystery of Picasso: dir Henri-Georges Clouzot (1956)

One of the best films about Picasso, a documentary that captures his creative process by using novel filming techniques. The artist produced around 20 drawings and paintings specifically for the film, using inks and paints that bled through the paper, with a camera mounted at the back of the easel to capture the act of creation in real time. In the edit Clouzot employed a kind of stop-motion effect to speed up the process and depict the development of the works.

This should be a great accompaniment to the current Louvre show. It’s free, but you will have to buy a museum general admission ticket.