O An excellent must-see
X Good video rental
O Mediocre
O Rent something else
Review by Jason Pyles / May 1, 2007
“Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock?” is a documentary. But it’s just as much a mystery. This movie is filled with unlikely characters and even unlikelier circumstances, insomuch that it could not possibly be fictitious; it has to be true to be this bizarre.
Teri Horton is an older lady who is a truck driver. (Think “Large Marge” from “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” (1985), but not large.) One day Teri wanted to cheer up her friend, so she bought a big painting from a thrift store for five bucks. At a garage sale, a local art teacher told her that the artwork looked like a Jackson Pollock painting. The film’s title came from Teri’s reaction, “except she didn’t say ‘fudge.’”
It turns out that Jackson Pollock is considered by many to be one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. And consequently, her five-dollar painting may be worth more than $50 million. This documentary follows Teri’s battle with “the art world” to try to prove this painting’s authenticity.
“Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock?” is worth renting strictly to watch interviews with Thomas Hoving, art expert, and John Myatt, art impersonator. I recommend this to documentary fans.
Directed by Harry Moses
Teri Horton / Thomas Hoving / John Myatt
74 min. Documentary
(Original MPAA rating: PG-13)
Edited version age recommendation: 8 and up
DVD release date: May 1, 2007
Copyright 2007.
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