The movie Pollock, directed by Ed Harris and released in 2000, was an emotional movie that I feel showed the life of an artist in an accurate way. The ups and downs of the movie were captivating for the audience to watch and it also had its fair share of drama as well. The drama […]
Read MorePollock, by Emily Devine
Pollock, a 2000 film directed by Ed Harris showed a very raw depiction of the life of American painter Jackson Pollock. I chose this movie because I am interested in American art history, and particularly Jackson Pollock’s work after taking an American Art History course, many years ago, in high school. I also am from […]
Read MorePollock, by Maya Throne
Producing a biographical film, particularly about an artist, without forcing a simple relationship between the artist’s life and their paintings, can be tedious. It is imperative for filmmakers to adequately represent the artist as a living, breathing, human being who works, and not strictly a chronicle of their art, or conversely, using art to chronicle […]
Read MorePollock, by Tucker Pierson
The movie starts at the end of the 1940s and Jackson Pollock, the renowned abstract expressionist is a feature in Life magazine. This is the beginning scene of “Pollock.” Not much is known about the movie and the art it holds other than being based on the book “Jackson Pollock: An American Saga” Little does […]
Read MorePollock, by Sean Elison
Pollock is a movie showing the art and life of American painter Jackson Pollock. He was once considered the greatest living painter in the United States. Life Magazine ran a headline in one of their banners that read “Jackson Pollock; Is he the greatest living painter in the United States? “Pollock was very well known in […]
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