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Title: vivid scenes painted with darkness
Review: Jackson Pollock was a painter who invented and perfected a style that rocked the NY art scene in the late forties and early nineteen fifties. His dedication for his work was downright manic. Except when he seemed to hit some lulls and became downright depressed. At that time in the mental health field it was a syndrome that was not treated in the same way that it was now and if it were Mr. Pollock might not have created the work that he did. In the movie, the word bi-polar or manic-depressant does not come up, but you see him work as well as shut mentally down often in this film. You also see the ugly side of alcohol and what it does to people who are allready unstable. Ed Harris and Marcia Gay Harden are absolutely wonderful and their acting really shines. The movie also brings to light the works of Mr. Pollock and the time that he lived.
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