Editing Jackson Pollock (section)

===In pop culture and media===
In the early 1990s, three groups of movie makers were developing Pollock biographical projects, each based on a different source. The project that at first seemed most advanced was a joint venture between [[Barbra Streisand]]'s Barwood Films and [[Robert De Niro]]'s [[TriBeCa Productions]] (De Niro's parents were friends of Krasner and Pollock). The script, by Christopher Cleveland, was to be based on [[Jeffrey Potter]]'s 1985 oral biography, ''To a Violent Grave'', a collection of reminiscences by Pollock's friends. Streisand was to play the role of Lee Krasner, and De Niro was to portray Pollock. A second was to be based on ''Love Affair'' (1974), a memoir by [[Ruth Kligman]], who was Pollock's lover in the six months before his death. This was to be directed by [[Harold Becker]], with [[Al Pacino]] playing Pollock.<ref name="Race Is On to Portray Pollock">Carol Strickland (July 25, 1993), [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/25/nyregion/race-is-on-to-portray-pollock.html "Race Is On to Portray Pollock"], ''The New York Times''.</ref>

In 2000, the biographical film ''[[Pollock (film)|Pollock]]'', based on the [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning biography, ''[[Jackson Pollock: An American Saga]]'', directed by and starring [[Ed Harris]], was released. [[Marcia Gay Harden]] won the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for her portrayal of Lee Krasner. The movie was the project of Harris, who was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]. Harris himself painted the works seen in the film.<ref name="interview">[http://www.dvdtalk.com/interviews/actor_ed_harris.html Interview with Ed Harris] at DVDtalk</ref> The Pollock-Krasner Foundation did not authorize or collaborate with any production.<ref name="Race Is On to Portray Pollock" />

In September 2009, the art historian Henry Adams claimed in ''[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]]'' magazine that Pollock had written his name in his famous painting ''Mural'' (1943).<ref>[http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Decoding-Jackson-Pollock.html smithsonianmag.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213033957/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Decoding-Jackson-Pollock.html |date=December 13, 2013 }}, Henry Adams, "Decoding Jackson Pollock", ''Smithsonian Magazine'', September 2009.</ref> The painting is now insured for US$140 million. In 2011, the Republican Iowa State Representative [[Scott Raecker]] introduced a bill to force the sale of the artwork, held by the University of Iowa, to fund scholarships, but his bill created such controversy that it was quickly withdrawn.<ref name="Los Angeles Times" /><ref>Michael Winter (February 9, 2011), [http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/02/iowa-lawmaker-proposes-selling-pollock-masterpiece-to-fund-scholarships/1 "Iowa lawmaker proposes selling Pollock masterpiece to fund scholarships"], ''[[USA Today]]''.</ref>

One of Jackson Pollock's works is featured heavily in the film [[Ex Machina (film)|Ex Machina]]. A pivotal scene in the film contains a monologue where antagonist Nathan Bateman describes the central challenge of artificial intelligence as engineering a cognitive state that is "not deliberate, not random, but somewhere in between," which he likens to the cognitive state Pollock achieves while painting.