
Pablo Picasso with Brigitte Bardot in his studio in Vallauris during the 1956 International Cannes Film Festival. Photo by Jerome Brierre.

Pablo Picasso with Brigitte Bardot in his studio in Vallauris during the 1956 International Cannes Film Festival. Photo by Jerome Brierre.

“Whenever I hear the word ‘culture’, I bring out my checkbook.”
Jean-Luc Godard’s crack is a variation on a line from Hanns Johst’s play Schlageter.

Et Dieu… créa la femme (And God Created Woman). This is the film where Brigitte Bardot first got attention for the sex kitten thing. It’s an okay story, nothing special. I did appreciate many of the shots, lighting, and sets, especially the interiors. Definitely skippable, though. A funny coincidence: both this movie and the one I watched right before it, Blast of Silence, feature scenes where the emotional tension is heightened by quick cuts to musicians playing Latin music on hand drums. I assume this is a cliché that appears in other films of the era. See also: mad scene.