My daughter gave me a DVD of the documentary \"Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock?\" Teri Horton, a 70 something truck driver buys a large colorful abstract painting in a thrift shop to cheer up a friend. Neither of them like or want it, so she puts it in a yard sale. A teacher passing by suggests that it might be an original Jackson Pollock. Horton spends the next few years trying to get the painting authenticated. The level of snobbery and cynicism from the art community is appalling, and yet entertaining. (Kind of like Jerry Springer for people with advanced degrees.) Particularly galling is the art experts' collective dismissal of scientific (forensic) proof. I recommend this humble little flick.
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