The photography of German photographer Hans Namuth is largely credited for Pollock’s rise to fame, and as the painter gained a higher profile, along with Abstract Expressionism in general, Namuth returned to capture Pollock’s “action painting” on video for the short documentary below. In a cinematically brilliant move, Namuth asked Pollock to create a painting on glass, so that he could film underneath, giving the viewer the experience of actually being the canvas. Lacking a lighting crew, they shot in the cold Long Island expanse of grassland outside of Pollock’s home.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Jackson Pollock
Crew: Morton Feldman (Music), Hans Namuth (Director), Paul Falkenberg (Producer), Hans Namuth (Producer), Daniel Stern (Musician), Hans Namuth (Cinematography)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
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Runtime: 11 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jul 19, 1951
IMDb: 4
Keywords:art, short film
