Mona Lisa Smile -- Pollocks.

[gothick]

Meh. Mona Lisa Smile was unlikely to be my cup of tea, but it got on my LoveFilm list somehow -- possibly because of Maggie Gyllenhaal's amazing performance in Secretary. Mona Lisa Smile, unfortunately, was un-amazing. Pedestrian cinematography, schmaltzy music, and characters I didn't care much for.

Still, it had its good bits, and -- Julia Roberts being an Art History teacher in early 1950s America -- it fits in well with my current reading, Jackson Pollock, by Leonhard Emmerling, which I picked up at a secondhand stall by the Watershed last weekend.

There's even a scene where Roberts' art class get to see a Pollock first-hand (no double-entendres at the back, now.) I was only thinking yesterday that I should get out and see a nice big Pollock (seriously, pipe down!) Is there one in London anywhere? I'll be there at some point soon; I should do some research.

But, on the whole, a big meh for Mona Lisa Smile; not a bad film, but it just made me want to rent Dead Poets Society to see whether it's really as much better a film as I remember it being. Oh well.

Comments

[marklesuk.livejournal.com]

there certainly used to be some pollocks and some other sounding similar at the tate (the original not modern powerstationy one)

lil

[marklesuk.livejournal.com]

http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=1785&page=1
looks like the powerstation is the place to go. see how you are distracting me from my work nothing to do with this god awful cold that means I can't concentrate

lil

[gothick-matt.livejournal.com]

Hey, that just means it's just your turn to be the Lazyweb today. It'll all balance out in the end :)

Ta for the link. Still nothing _really damn big_, and only a couple from my favourite period of his, but at least this will help me find whatever I can find. Will definitely be hitting Tate Modern next time I'm in town.