Lauren Schaaf- Pollock
This movie shows a dramatization of Pollock's life. He was an artist in the 1940's and is mainly a surrealist painter. He struggles with depression and alcoholism, and perhaps another mental illness. His wife claims his paintings express the way his mind works. It is interesting to observe the process of art being created while also watching an up and coming artist struggle to be recognized and appreciated.
Film itself is its own type of art work which can be criticized by his camera work and screen writing. However, the subject being the story of an artist also seems to create its own perspective of Pollock. The movie is slow and many of the scenes and actors seem shallow. I don't find myself sympathizing with Pollock or his girlfriend. He seems to be a sloppy alcoholic who happens to have a mind for painting.
Perhaps his alcoholism is what makes him a good artist. Maybe his depression helps him see color with a different point of view that many others would not think to create. However, he urinates on fires at parties, sleeps outside, stays at the bar, has sex with a woman who is paying him for his artwork, and seems to have total disregard for others.
The movie itself isn't very well done. It seems to stray off a main plot and doesn't explain characters thoughts or behaviors to help explain the story line. All the characters seem aloof and seem to only interact in business arrangements. His girlfriend seems to treat him like a child when she says she loves him but wants to get married. She says either they marry or they split and it's up to him to decide. It comes after a scene of him waking up off a piece of cardboard on the street, covered in dirt, and coming to her door and asking him to take it back. It doesn't do a good job of making me root for their relationship one way or the other.
The camera work is well done. It has good angles and shows the characters from different ways that seem to demonstrate the mood of the scene. When discussing the proposal of marriage, it is filmed from behind them, while when agreeing to a church marriage, it takes place at a cloudy but nice day at the beach. Their wedding day is pouring rain. As if even the best of their days are not perfect. There always seems to be a cloud hanging over them, perhaps representing his mental health issues.
Film itself is its own type of art work which can be criticized by his camera work and screen writing. However, the subject being the story of an artist also seems to create its own perspective of Pollock. The movie is slow and many of the scenes and actors seem shallow. I don't find myself sympathizing with Pollock or his girlfriend. He seems to be a sloppy alcoholic who happens to have a mind for painting.
Perhaps his alcoholism is what makes him a good artist. Maybe his depression helps him see color with a different point of view that many others would not think to create. However, he urinates on fires at parties, sleeps outside, stays at the bar, has sex with a woman who is paying him for his artwork, and seems to have total disregard for others.
The movie itself isn't very well done. It seems to stray off a main plot and doesn't explain characters thoughts or behaviors to help explain the story line. All the characters seem aloof and seem to only interact in business arrangements. His girlfriend seems to treat him like a child when she says she loves him but wants to get married. She says either they marry or they split and it's up to him to decide. It comes after a scene of him waking up off a piece of cardboard on the street, covered in dirt, and coming to her door and asking him to take it back. It doesn't do a good job of making me root for their relationship one way or the other.
The camera work is well done. It has good angles and shows the characters from different ways that seem to demonstrate the mood of the scene. When discussing the proposal of marriage, it is filmed from behind them, while when agreeing to a church marriage, it takes place at a cloudy but nice day at the beach. Their wedding day is pouring rain. As if even the best of their days are not perfect. There always seems to be a cloud hanging over them, perhaps representing his mental health issues.
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