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   This was a TCM premiere for their "31 Days of Oscar" marathon (every now   
   and then they screw up and show a good movie made in this century).   
      
   I'd always wanted to see this archetypal "tortured artist" biopic, but   
   it somehow fell through the cracks.   
      
   Excellent film, I was interested to learn the artist didn't develop his   
   famous "dripping" techique until well into his career (halfway through   
   the movie).   
      
   We learn in TCM host Ben Makiewicz's intro and outro that this movie   
   became an obsession with titular actor Ed Harris, after his father   
   remarked how he bore a striking resemblance to Jackson Pollock. He read   
   several books on the artist and actually learned how to paint in   
   Pollock's style.   
      
   Props for all involved, including Marcia Gay Harden as Pollock's wife   
   Lee Krasner in an Oscar-winning Best Actress role.   
      
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