Picasso Land
Synopsis
Picasso Land was inspired by the famous ballet Parade (1917). Picasso created the costumes and sets, the text was written by Cocteau, the music composed by Satie, and Massine devised the choreography. In 1980, this monument of European avant-garde theater was adapted for television by Jean-Christophe Averty, a director and heir to Surrealism and a pioneer of the chroma key technique in France.
Picasso Land attempts to perpetuate this avant-garde spirit by presenting 10 of Picasso's paintings and sculptures, forming a small dancing and heterogeneous population. This reinterpretation of Picasso's work reveals a country which would be built from one artwork to the next, with its own mores, culture, and territory.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Baldanders Films
Full credits (7)
- Executive producers : Élisabeth Pawlowski, Elsa Minisini
- Assistant director : Camille Couturier
- Line Producer : Bertrand Dezoteux
- Production managers : Élisabeth Pawlowski, Elsa Minisini
- Sound Editor : Matthieu Choux
- Foley artist : Grégory Vincent
- Sound Mixer : Matthieu Choux
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film, Experimental
- Sub-genre : 3D animation, Research - Experimental, Video art
- Themes : Dance, Poetry, Surrealism
- Production language : No dialogue
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2016
- Runtime : 10 min 26 seconds
- Visa number : 148.112
- Visa issue date : 22/01/2018
- Production formats : Digital creation
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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Adapted from the 1917 ballet Parade created by Cocteau, Picasso, Satie, and Massine, and adapted for television in 1980 by Jean-Christophe Averty.
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