Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock? is a movie about a seventy year old plus female truck driver who purchased what appears to be a genuine Jackson Pollack at a thrift store for five bucks. There are a lot of idiots in this movie, and the main character who purchased the painting is one of the idiots and she's the most lovable character in this movie. More on this later.





The title comes from the focus of this movie, Teri Horton who, when was told her five dollar purchase was perhaps a Pollack asked "Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock?". You can fill in the blank yourself. Teri is a grandmother living in a trailer and decides to find out if this painting was done by the famous artist and she gets tons of proof that is was done by Pollack through forensic research and a fingerprint on the back of the canvas that matches a print on a paint can in Pollacks actual studio. Sounds pretty air tight, huh? Well not according to the "art experts" who get to view the painting in question, all of whom come off as complete baboons (all apologies to baboons for comparing them to "art experts"). The "experts" do all have a lot of arts education and "knowledge" but all seem blind to anything beyond their own limited world view. The best "expert" featured in this movie is one who cheated all his art customers at one time, did prison time and is now trying to get back into the art world using this particular painting. At least this guy is an honest sleaze bag, unlike the others.

This movie nails the attitude of the arts elite. It really is a must see for anyone who has an interest in high stakes art and confirms my theory that art is a commodity like pork bellies or wheat. I'll write more about this later.


Now, back to why the lovable Teri Horton is an idiot: In the movie we find out she turned down a two million dollar offer for her five dollar painting. In the final credits we find out another person offered her nine million. Still she's holding out for fifty million. Hmmmmmmmmm........... Let's see, a woman nearing eighty years old who could have become a mutilmillionaire over night on a five dollar investment wants to hold out for more just because she "wants it all"? She could have made a good CEO for a huge corporation getting a huge golden parachute while the investors suffer. Frankly, she have taken the money and ran, and for not doing that, in my eyes, she's an idiot.


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