The sources here were Life with Picasso, 1964, by Françoise Gilot
(the only woman to cohabit with Picasso for any length of time without later killing herself or going at least temporarily mad) and...
Literary responses
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
RPJ
herself called this a small film, referring to the minimalist quality already cited in her cinema work.
Long, Robert Emmet. The Films of Merchant Ivory. Harry N. Abrams.
245
Before it was even shot, Gilot
objected to Jhabvala's script as demonising Picasso and exposing...
Textual Features
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
The script uses narrative by Gilot
in voice-over to supplement its dramatic settings and tense encounters between people.
Long, Robert Emmet. The Films of Merchant Ivory. Harry N. Abrams.
247
The film as a whole is disturbing in rather the way that Jefferson is and that...
