In order to accurately portray the characters, director Ed Harris searched and read all the literature about Pollock that could be found, went to galleries and museums to observe Pollock’s works, and changed his smoking habits, only smoking Pollock’s past hobbies without filters. "Camel" brand cigarettes. He also made a special trip to pay a visit to the painter's former residence, and lay on the bed where Pollock once lay to experience the painter's chaotic thoughts. In order to truly show the image of Pollock before his death, Harris also deliberately gained weight. And most importantly, in order to reproduce the true face of a talented painter on the screen, Harris spent about ten years learning Pollock's painting techniques from 1991. In the film, he personally fully demonstrated Pollock’s strong personal style of dripping action painting. This kind of ritual painting method is full of hypnotic religiousness, and the visual style is frantic and energetic. Harris shot these images from an unusual angle and made them full of exciting effects through quick editing
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Pollock Production process
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Extended Reading
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Jackson Pollock: 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.
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interviewer: How do you respond to some of your critics? They have said a mop of tangled hair, a child's contour map of the battle of Gettysburg, cathartic disintegration, degenerate. What do you say to that?
Jackson Pollock: You forgot baked macaroni.