Trace Against Time (2012/2018)
Rickels excavates a sister's crypt in the Picasso corpus, finding a way there illuminated by Henri-George Clouzot's 1956 film The Mystery of Picasso. But it was Clouzot's earlier film, Les Diaboliques, that convinced the artist that this director commanded the science fiction and the fantasy of a wish to watch out for.In VOICEOVER, film material is recommended for watching while listening to the lecture. ...Les Diaboliques, Henri-Georges Clouzot (1955)Begin with the scene of the schoolmaster's drowning.The film should be muted while viewing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.