Tartt's Goldfinch (book-film)

[David Morris]

"Contrived and Clunky" says it all.  All the tears and self discovery are
from squishy ground.

On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 7:08 PM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I like the way you think!
>
> Jerky
>
> On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 12:24 PM ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Characters are thin and the Gaddis (inspired) themes are blurred and
> > weakened by the film but the thing that got me was how the plot device
> > that gives the protagonist motivation and character is so clunky, so
> > contrived, his guilt and remorse and depression and addiction are all
> > down to his having been smoking in the boys room. Mom gets blown to
> > bits as she takes her boy to the museum to see, what else but the
> > painting, because Tartt needs them there when the bomb blows the
> > painting off the wall.
> >
> > How about he got caught doing something in the museum? Like, he
> > touched a painting, argued, pushed, punched a guard or something. Now
> > mom comes to the museum to pick the lad up, give him a lesson on art
> > and mortality, fragility, forgery, and toss in a little art in the age
> > of mechanical reproduction stuff--tip cap to Gaddis to Benjamin, maybe
> > JOhn Berger and Sister Wendy ....
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