The centerpiece of “The Goldfinch,” director John Crowley’s adaptation of Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Dickensian novel, is the terrorist bombing of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Shot by legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins through a haze of ashen gray dust and debris, we witness, in fragmented space and time, the destruction of artwork and the aftershock for 13-year-old Theo (Oakes Fegley and Ansel Elgort), who becomes orphaned when his mother (Hailey Wist) is killed in the blast.
For production designer K.K. Barrett (“Her”), the challenge of recreating the Met for a mythical exhibition was compounded by having to reproduce the mesmerizing 1654 Dutch oil painting of a chained goldfinch by Carel Fabritius. Fortunately, the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, Netherlands, where “The Goldfinch” resides, came to the rescue.
“We saw the real ‘Goldfinch’ and were pretty stunned,” said Barrett. “It looks real modern and doesn’t look like...
For production designer K.K. Barrett (“Her”), the challenge of recreating the Met for a mythical exhibition was compounded by having to reproduce the mesmerizing 1654 Dutch oil painting of a chained goldfinch by Carel Fabritius. Fortunately, the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, Netherlands, where “The Goldfinch” resides, came to the rescue.
“We saw the real ‘Goldfinch’ and were pretty stunned,” said Barrett. “It looks real modern and doesn’t look like...
- 9/12/2019
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Review Billy Grifter 1 May 2013 - 06:50
Revolution's merry jaunt through the land of nonsensical plot developments takes in a love triangle this week. Here's Billy's review...
This review contains spoilers.
1.15 Home
As nonsense goes, Revolution appears to have copyrighted the term and any derivatives of it, because Home was just one long head scratching moment after another.
Miles is making a pain of himself, they tell Mr Psycho (Bass), but how will they find him to kill their nemesis? Bass declares that he'll make him come to them, solving the finding issue decisively! His cunning plan is the worst idea in the history of abysmal strategic planning, ever. You can't find a guy, who could be anywhere in about twenty percent of the entire landmass of the USA, so you send a minion to give him a message. How did Bass know that he'd find him, and not just...
Revolution's merry jaunt through the land of nonsensical plot developments takes in a love triangle this week. Here's Billy's review...
This review contains spoilers.
1.15 Home
As nonsense goes, Revolution appears to have copyrighted the term and any derivatives of it, because Home was just one long head scratching moment after another.
Miles is making a pain of himself, they tell Mr Psycho (Bass), but how will they find him to kill their nemesis? Bass declares that he'll make him come to them, solving the finding issue decisively! His cunning plan is the worst idea in the history of abysmal strategic planning, ever. You can't find a guy, who could be anywhere in about twenty percent of the entire landmass of the USA, so you send a minion to give him a message. How did Bass know that he'd find him, and not just...
- 5/1/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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