A true portrait of life and art.
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral.
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- classical in formformally daring
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- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Wuchakon TMDB · Dec 20207/10
_**Downer biography starts weak, but becomes, um, artistic… and moving**_ Abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock (Ed Harris) is a struggling artist in New York City in the early 40s when he meets his future wife Lee Krasner, a fellow artist (Marcia Gay Harden). They move to the far end of Long Island where he finally catches a break, but alcoholism threatens his life. Jennifer Connelly shows up in the last act. “Pollock” (2000) is an honest biography covering the final fifteen years of the artist’s life from 1941-1956. It was a long-term passion for director/star Ed Harris to bring to the screen. The film starts weak with Pollock being portrayed as a troubled artistic weirdo. While I have no doubt that this is true-to-life, the opening act fails to capture the attention of the viewer. What’s worse, there’s an unintentionally amusing scene reminiscent of the Seinfeld episode "The Visa" where Jerry pretends to be morose and disturbed, which unexpectedly turns on George’s Asian girlfriend. This “meh” opening is probably why the film failed at the box office. Thankfully, the story perks up when the couple moves to a remote area on Long Island. At one point a journalist asks Pollock how
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Cast
- Ed HarrisJackson Pollock
- Marcia Gay HardenLee Krasner
- Tom BowerDan Miller
- Jennifer ConnellyRuth Kligman
- Bud CortHoward Putzel
- John HeardTony Smith
- Val KilmerWillem DeKooning
- David LearyCharles Pollock
- Robert KnottSande Pollock
- Stephanie SeymourHelen Frankenthaler
Crew
- Ed HarrisDirector
- Susan EmshwillerScreenplay
- Barbara TurnerScreenplay
- Steven NaifehNovel
- Gregory White SmithNovel
- Lisa RinzlerDirector of Photography
- Jeff BealOriginal Music Composer
- Kathryn HimoffEditor
- James Francis TrezzaProducer
- Jon KilikProducer
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