Back in August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question:"Jackson Pollock: Is he the best living painter in the USA?" The film is a glance back in the life of an outstanding person, a guy who has fittingly been called"an artist devoted to concealment, a celebrity who nobody ever knew." Since he fought with self-doubt, engaging at a between needing to express himself wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral.