Name: How ‘The Goldfinch’ Seeks Authenticity | Anatomy of a Scene
Uploaded: 2020-03-28T09:49:53.000Z
Duration: 2 min 21 s
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My name is John Crowley, and I'm the director

is in Hobie, who is played by Jeffrey Wright,

in Hobie's basement workshop, which is a place that

Here, at this moment, he is literally passing on

how to recognize what is real or authentic piece

of period furniture, as opposed to a reproduction

and being surprised and slightly delighted

that his hands actually feel what Hobie's pointing out

Jeffrey Wright brought such a gorgeously tactile quality

And using his spittle to bring up the grain on the mahogany

is very much what he learned hands-on himself.

"Well, no, it's only fake if you try to pass it off

The idea of the doubles is very important in the scene.

That's why we set up that shot between those two chairs

and end with the pair of them framed between

was all about which is the key piece of information that's

he is actually beginning to handle the furniture

which is embedded into the background there--

a piece by a Zydeco accordion player called Boozoo

Chavis which has a sort of warmth to it and is not

like the musical identity of any other part of the film.