A San Francisco couple travels to France in search of Pablo Picasso.A San Francisco couple travels to France in search of Pablo Picasso.A San Francisco couple travels to France in search of Pablo Picasso.
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- Dominguin
- (as Luis Miguel Dominguin)
- The Host
- (as Theo Marcuse)
- British Woman at Dinner
- (uncredited)
- Singer at SF party.
- (uncredited)
- Woman at Party
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaProducer Wes Herschensohn in his book "Resurrection in Cannes: The Making of The Picasso Summer" states that the final shot was filmed in Catalina, because it resembled the shores of Southern France. Mr. Herschensohn did the sand drawings and a local man named Duke Fishman played Picasso -he bore a striking resemblance to Picasso. He was somewhat of an artist himself and briefly able to continue Herschensohn's sand drawings for the camera.
- GoofsThe couple is implied to leave within 24 hours, without passport, shots, nor visa. It is doubtful those could be obtained for non-emergency reasons, even in 1969.
- Quotes
Luis Miguel Dominguín: There, you see. And, there. And there. Always the horses, the man, the bulls. One way or another, with oils or watercolors or etchings and now in clay. Picasso comes back to the arena. Because he is Spanish and because he cannot come back to Spain, he must come back in his own way. And so again and again, Picasso returns to the center of life in Spain, which is the bull-ring. You wish to see Picasso? Then you must enter that arena yourself - and fight a bull.
George Smith: Do you think, eh, its absolutely necessary, in order to met Picasso, that I actually have to fight a bull?
Luis Miguel Dominguín: Absolutely necessary!
George Smith: Fine. Well, okay. I'll fight a bull.
- SoundtracksHey Ho The Wind and the Rain
(uncredited)
Lyrics by William Shakespeare from "Twelfth Night"
Sung by Albert Finney
Clocking in at a scant 90 minutes, 60 minutes of which are devoted to frequently tedious animation of Picasso's works, Warner Bros. would have been better served by entirely jettisoning the framing story, that of self-absorbed architect (Albert Finney) and his loving, long suffering wife (Yvette Mimieux). The framing story is reminiscent of the excellent 1967 film, "Two for the Road," which also starred Finney, but with Audrey Hepburn playing the long suffering wife. Hepburn and Mimieux project similar spiritual images, but Mimieux has the added bonus of a sexiness, of which Hepburn could only dream. Think of Jennifer Love Hewitt playing Hepburn (which she did, for a TV movie), but with Hepburn's acting abilities. Even so, most of that 30 scant minutes of live action consists of footage either of peripheral characters, "60's style artsy" footage of the Finney and Mimiuex observing Picasso's art, attending a "pop art" party (the film's worst live action sequence) or bicycling through France. Actual dramatic screen time between Finney and Mimieux clocks in at about 10 minutes.
Fortunately, Warner Bros. did not jettison the live action sequences, because of a roughly 8 minute segment involving Mimieux, an elderly painter and his wife. Of the live action, that is one of the few segments which does not appear to be ugly work-print; and the two scenes are so profound, they make including the live action worthwhile.
Given the talent involved, (Oscar-nominated Serge Bourguignon, five-time scar-nominated Albert Finney, two-time Golden Globe-nominated Yvette Mimieux, Hugo Award-winning classic fantasy/science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, three-time Oscar winner Michelle Legrand and Oscar-winner and multi-nominated cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, the fate of the "The Picasso Summer" seems especially tragic. However, if you do happen to come across "The Picasso Summer" and are not a particularly huge fan of Picasso (which, I am not), copy it and fast forward to the last twenty minutes, as they are worth the watch and are worthy of a "10" rather than the "4" I gave the movie overall.
- Bob-45
- Jul 6, 2013
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