I knew this was a biographical film about an artist, I found out about it mainly because of Ed Harris, also directing, and the protagonist has the same first name I do. This is the true story of artist Jackson Pollock (Oscar nominated Harris), who towards the end of the 1940's, was trying to find his spark again. He was an expressionist who only painted what he wanted, and had no care for meaning or genre. First he used his brush and painted random lines and shapes, but then he found that he could create much more interesting expression with the brush by dripping the paint onto the canvas. His paintings made a real breakthrough, and he had critic praise, including an article in Life magazine. But old demons were bound to come back, and his wife Lee Krasner (Oscar winning Flubber actress Marcia Gay Harden) had to tolerate his alcoholism, which was ultimately forced her out, and killed him in his fatal car crash, along with one of two women. Also starring Amy Madigan as Peggy Guggenheim, Jennifer Connelly as Ruth Kligman, Jeffrey Tambor as Clem Greenberg, Bud Cort as Howard Putzel, John Heard as Tony Smith, Val Kilmer as Willem DeKooning, Stephanie Seymour as Helen Frankenthaler, Sada Thompson as Stella Pollock, Kenny Scharf as William Baziotes, Barbara Garrick as Betty Parsons and Everett Quinton as James Johnson Sweeney. Harris gives a very convincing portrayal, as well as good directing skills, and Harden does give an Oscar worthy performance as his patiently suffering wife. The story does have some powerful structure, and the highlights for me are both the creation of and finished paintings. Very good!