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Pollock - (2000)
The troubled artist - here Jackson Pollock (played by Ed Harris in a passion project of his that he also directed) - often dies young, and leaves behind a retina of people who spend their lives discussing them. Pollock was the kind of artist who splashed paint around without conforming to object or shape, but when you watch his story his method kind of makes sense. In Pollock it's his alcoholism that clearly defines him - an addiction that would kill him in the end. I thought Harris was great here (he lost out on an Oscar to Russell Crowe in Gladiator - and shouldn't have really.) Marcia Gay Harden won a Supporting Actress Oscar for playing his long suffering partner Lee Krasner - who was also an artist. They were poor, and struggled. An interesting biopic about a man who we definitely side with - but when he grabs a booze bottle it eats away at the stores of patience and respect we have for him. Look out for Bud Cort in a small performance as writer/art dealer Howard Putzel - and Amy Madigan, who really kills as Peggy Guggenheim.
7/10
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Funeral Parade of Roses - (1969)
It took me a while to find my way in, but once there I found Toshio Matsumoto's feature debut an absolutely brilliant film. Protagonist Eddie (Pītā) works in an underground gay bar in Tokyo, and we see his life in a nonlinear, experimental film manner that is truly original. Reviewed here in my watchlist thread.
10/10
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Scum - (1979)
Set in an English borstal, Scum shows us just how institutionally corrupted these places are, and how hopeless everything is for the kids trapped in them. Reviewed here in my watchlist thread. Features a really young Ray Winstone.
7/10
By May be found at the following website: MoviePosterDB.com, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8166775
Pollock - (2000)
The troubled artist - here Jackson Pollock (played by Ed Harris in a passion project of his that he also directed) - often dies young, and leaves behind a retina of people who spend their lives discussing them. Pollock was the kind of artist who splashed paint around without conforming to object or shape, but when you watch his story his method kind of makes sense. In Pollock it's his alcoholism that clearly defines him - an addiction that would kill him in the end. I thought Harris was great here (he lost out on an Oscar to Russell Crowe in Gladiator - and shouldn't have really.) Marcia Gay Harden won a Supporting Actress Oscar for playing his long suffering partner Lee Krasner - who was also an artist. They were poor, and struggled. An interesting biopic about a man who we definitely side with - but when he grabs a booze bottle it eats away at the stores of patience and respect we have for him. Look out for Bud Cort in a small performance as writer/art dealer Howard Putzel - and Amy Madigan, who really kills as Peggy Guggenheim.
7/10
By May be found at the following website: https://www.cinematerial.com/movies/...068/p/v7geojkw, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51642094
Funeral Parade of Roses - (1969)
It took me a while to find my way in, but once there I found Toshio Matsumoto's feature debut an absolutely brilliant film. Protagonist Eddie (Pītā) works in an underground gay bar in Tokyo, and we see his life in a nonlinear, experimental film manner that is truly original. Reviewed here in my watchlist thread.
10/10
By World Northal Corp - The Movie DB, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56800703
Scum - (1979)
Set in an English borstal, Scum shows us just how institutionally corrupted these places are, and how hopeless everything is for the kids trapped in them. Reviewed here in my watchlist thread. Features a really young Ray Winstone.
7/10
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