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Release Date: 24 July, 2001 Retail Price: $19.94 OUR Price: $17.99 You SAVE: $1.95! Cast: Complete Cast (11 total) |
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Modernistic nonsense
They say that there is a thin line between genius and madness. Unfortunately, it does not follow that if someone is on one side of the line that he / she will ever cross over to the other side. This film is testimony to that.
I do not give this movie 1 star because I think it was poorly done. For what it is, it's a very well-done film. Ed Harris is fantastic as Pollock, and one can tell he had a passion for this particular part. Val Kilmer barely has a cameo and Jennifer Connelly is only in maybe 10% of the movie {sigh}.
The reason I slam this movie is because I'm not impressed by this artist or his work. I would have found a biographical movie on Ed Harris himself to be much more profound than this guy's story.
In my family there are two artists: my father and sister. The artistic gene skipped over me entirely as I can barely draw a stick man. That said, I remain unconvinced that I can't do anything as well as this guy did. Or, to put it another way, any kindergartner could have made random shapes like this guy & called it art. When I think of art I think of Raphael, not this guy.
So, since I had such a low regard for Pollock's work, I could not help but have little interest in this movie. To me he was nothing but a cop out. That said, I'll be as fair as I can here: if you happen to be a fan of Pollock's you're not going to find a better testimony of his life than this movie. The problem is I'm simply not impressed by that.
when a great actor meets a godawful director
ed harris was perfectly cast as artist jackson pollock. sadly, he was also the producer, and hired a horrible director. a director named ed harris. i have never before seen a movie where you could sense every damn scene being held a beat too long. over and over and over, harris keeps the camera running too long. it is as if he was so in love with his pet project (he worked on the movie for many years) that he could not bear to not put forth every single one of his notions. sad, because it couldve been a good movie.
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