Storyline
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.
Directors
Cast
Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Frank Wood, Val Kilmer, Jeffrey Tambor, Norbert Weisser, Tom Bower, Katherine Wallach, Barbara Garrick, John Heard, Marcia Gay Harden, Donna Mitchell, Linda Emond, Amy Madigan, Robert O'Neill, David Cale, Sloane Shelton, Everett Quinton, Annabelle Gurwitch, John Rothman, Bud Cort, Sally Murphy, Robert Knott, David Leary, Stephanie Seymour, Molly Regan, Sada Thompson, Eulala Scheel, Matthew Sussman, Kenny Scharf, Tom McGuinness, Cassandra Clewicki, Eduardo Machado, Moss Roberts, Isabelle Townsend, Jennifer Piech, Rebecca Wisocky, Tony Palazzolo, Claire Beckman, Stephen Beach, Jill Jackson, Sondra Jablonski, Julie Anna Rose, Kyle Timothy Smith, April Petroski, Nicholas Petroski, Noah Petroski, Bob L. Harris, John Madigan, Matthew Hart Landfield, John Nesci
Trailer
Reviews
100
Chicago Sun-Times
Pollock is confident, insightful work--one of the year's best films.
91
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Harris genuinely seems to be at one with the character, and his movie is eerily alive.
90
The result is a harrowing film, impossible to "like" in any conventional way, hypnotically impossible to turn away from.
88
Boston Globe
Like its subject, Pollock is a messy creation, but one whose depth of commitment and high attack keeps it on track.
80
As good as Harris is, though, it's Harden's performance that sticks with you long after you've seen the movie. She understands what Krasner must have known intuitively. Greatness comes not from cleaning up messes, but from allowing them to be made in the first place.
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