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"This isn't really cubism, Jackson..."

I was talking about the dialogue going out of its way to spell out the background history and contemporary context of the art. The example that I can think of is when Lee Krasner says something like, "Well, Jackson, this isn't really cubism because you're not breaking down the figure." Huh? I don't know anybody who might say anything that weirdly didactic to another artist. She goes--rather, Harris (or whoever adapted the script) has her go out of her way just to bring up this very miniature definition of cubism, in order to demonstrate how Pollock broke from it. And there's other instances of that throughout the film. It reminds me, like I said, of the scenes in Godard's movies where he has some character musing about the history of cinema or the effects of consumption or urban planning, or something, except in 'Pollock,' of course, it's not meant to be funny or self-conscious.

I can imagine that you might've liked it for the same reasons I didn't, and much as I'm weirded out to admit it, I agree with Victor, I just find Pollock the man to be insufferable, and I probably didn't have any reason to expect the film to be any different.

What is your first language? German? You seem to have easy access to accent marks that don't appear on my keyboard...

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