Pollock

Still catching up on some older DVDs and this has been on the list for a while - one of those you just have to be in the perfect mood for. I knew that Ed Harris had practically poured his life savings into getting this made, directing and starring himself. It's a story worth telling and a character easily as interesting as Picasso. If you like the art then you'll like the film, if not you'll find it slow perhaps - it is slow, and directoral flare is at a minimum, but it has great bohemian charm too, expounding a simple life, simple ideas and genius against a tide of ennui and anguish. As performer here Ed Harris is great, you can tell from every scene how much this project meant to him, giving it a rare energy and integrity; he'll be remembered for other stuff from better director's perhaps, but to him I'm sure this is his life's work and all respect for that. 8/10 Kx