Picasso The Beauty and the Beast
Picasso The Beauty and the Beast Trailer - 2023 BBC Two Miniseries - Plot Synopsis: His art changed the way we see the world - now change the way you see the artist. An unflinching look at Picasso's legacy, and the horror and brilliance of what he left behind. Family, friends and experts reassess the tumultuous artistic and personal life of Pablo Picasso, one of the greatest and most provocative artists of all time.
Transcript
00:00 You can tell somebody's life through the pictures that they make.
00:03 It really is a diary.
00:05 His work.
00:07 It'll be around until the planet blows up or whatever.
00:10 Picasso had a strong gaze,
00:18 which is a southern Spanish idea,
00:21 that the eyes are where the soul is.
00:24 Every time he paints, emotional truth is always there.
00:28 Abhorrent at times or not.
00:30 That's what gives his work such incredible power.
00:33 There's always that sense of underlying violence.
00:40 And that violence, it's life.
00:42 The brutalization of women is part of the imagery.
00:48 It would be too easy to say that all those women were like victims.
00:55 Everyone knew that it was not an ordinary world they were entering.
01:00 Picasso is a man of contradictions.
01:03 He can be tender, he can be cruel.
01:22 You can't just say he's a monster or he's a genius.
01:26 He's just a man.
01:30 (music)
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