Le Mystère Picasso (1956), directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, films Picasso drawing and painting from behind a transparent surface, so the camera captures the work building in real time rather than the finished result. Layer by layer, a single mark provokes the next — a figure turns into a still life, then into something else entirely, without Picasso ever starting over. It’s a rare document of decision-making in process: watch for how often he changes direction rather than executes a plan.
Mystery of Picasso
