Pollock vs Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Portrait of a Lady on Fire has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.7/10 for Pollock). Portrait of a Lady on Fire is the shorter watch at 2h 1m compared with 2h 12m. Pollock is the older of the two (2000 against 2019). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Pollock
Portrait of a Lady on Fire| Pollock | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2019 |
| Length | 2h 12m | 2h 1m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Ed Harris | Céline Sciamma |
| Main cast | Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Tom Bower, Bud Cort | Valeria Golino, Noémie Merlant, Christel Baras, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami |
Synopsis
Pollock
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the…
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
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