Most underrated Amongst all the lowbrow nonsense, a film that rekindles your faith in US film. Obviously it should have had greater success, but it is growing, and will last longer than many overnight successes. Perfect in casting, script, music, the lot!
Honest biography with fine performances Interesting arty biography of Jackson Pollock, the highly influential abstract painter who introduced the concept of "action painting". Pollock the film effectively shows the development of the artist including his moment of greatest inspiration when he mistakenly drips paint onto his canvas and realises that it is still art. Much less salubriously it also shows us Pollock the man, a selfish and insensitive alcoholic. Pollock includes very fine performances by the consistently good Ed Harris in... more info
Patience required. Slow and unwieldy; this film plods along with little sense of purpose or direction - a little like the drunken Pollock himself. The characters are under-developed and this labour of love becomes a trite reflection of a great artist which limps along.
The Film Ed Harris Was Born To Direct/Write/Star In How did this film not do any better on Oscar Night? It's exactly the kind of film that normally would get all the praise(biopic, troubled lives, brilliant acting), yet only received a Best Actress Oscar for Marcia Gay Harden(well deserved), and a nomination for Ed Harris(the people judging Best Actor should be caught and shot for not awarding him the Oscar). This film has long been out of the people's eyes, while bags of crap like The Fantastic Four make millions! Anyone who reads this should just go and... more info
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