Pollock (2000)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.1/10   

Director:

Ed Harris

Escritores (WGA):

Steven Naifeh (book) and
Gregory White Smith (book) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

18 mayo 2001 (Poland)

Género:

Biografía | Drama

Frase comercial:

A True Portrait of Life and Art.

Plot:

A film about the life and career of the American painter, Jackson Pollock.

Plot Keywords:

Life Magazine | Artist | New York City | 1940s | Painting

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Not Bad, But Way Too Uneven to Work the Way It Should.

US TV Schedule:

Fri. July 10

4:40 AM

HBO

Reparto

Ed Harris	...	Jackson Pollock
Marcia Gay Harden	...	Lee Krasner
Tom Bower	...	Dan Miller
Jennifer Connelly	...	Ruth Kligman
Bud Cort	...	Howard Putzel
John Heard	...	Tony Smith
Val Kilmer	...	Willem DeKooning
Robert Knott	...	Sande Pollock
David Leary	...	Charles Pollock
Amy Madigan	...	Peggy Guggenheim
Sally Murphy	...	Edith Metzger
Molly Regan	...	Arloie Pollock
Stephanie Seymour	...	Helen Frankenthaler
Matthew Sussman	...	Reuben Kadish
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Clem Greenberg

También conocida como:

Pollock (Argentina) (video title) (Spain) [es]
Pollock - La vida de un creador (Spain) (video title) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for language and brief sexuality.

Duración:

122 min | Germany:132 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | Argentina:16 | Malaysia:U | Canada:18+ (Ontario) | Australia:MA | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | South Korea:15 (original rating) (cut) | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | UK:18 | USA:R | Singapore:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

East Hampton, Long Island, New York, USA

Compañía:

Brant-Allen

Trivialidades:

Debbie Reynolds appears briefly as herself in several shots; her face appears on the cover of the August 8th, 1949 issue of "Life" magazine seen in several scenes. The cover was her first for "Life". For the filming, the real cover of the "Life" issue was used, but the pages of the Jackson Pollock article inside are reproductions of the original, with Ed Harris's image substituted for Pollock's.

Errores:

Sin sincronía de Audio o Visual: When Jackson was moving into their fix'er up cottage in the Hamptons, the couple were out doors in the yard. Time of year was late fall with trees in the background having no leaves. At this time of year, the song of a bird (Woodthrush) would not be heard, since a Woodthrush sings during spring and summer months for territorial reasons. Though this bird may still be present in the wooded area around the Hamptons, it would not be singing as such.

Citas:

Jackson Pollock: About his critics - If people would just look at the paintings, I don't think they would have any trouble enjoying them. It's like looking at a bed of flowers, you don't tear your hair out over what it means.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Sean Hayes/Shaggy (#26.12)" (2001)

Banda de Sonido:

He's Funny That Way

Not Bad, But Way Too Uneven to Work the Way It Should.

"Pollock" is one of those films that could have been a masterpiece, but stumbles far too many times to be a complete success. The titled character (Ed Harris in a show-stopping, Oscar-nominated performance) is an abstract expressionistic painter who had a short run of success when people like Picasso dominated the press of the 1940s and early-1950s. Bad decisions, a bad attitude and a bad drinking problem would cause Pollock to die way before his time in a wild car accident. Ed Harris' performance is the strongest point of the film, but the weakest point is probably his suspect direction. Harris shows his shortcomings as a film-maker as he struggles with character development and a screenplay that never does jell or engross the way it should. Marcia Gay Harden received a somewhat curious Oscar as Pollock's wife. The soundtrack is also terrible as it just does not go with the movie or the message at all. All in all, "Pollock" somehow over-achieves really. It is one of those films that stays interesting, but in the end the viewer will wonder "So what?" 4 stars out of 5.