The Goldfinch
The painting featured in the novel, The Goldfinch, is work by Carel Fabritius from 1654. It belongs to the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague, Netherlands. Author Donna Tartt first saw the painting twenty years before the release of the book.,Forcing someone to throw up after the drugs take effect won't change the level of consciousness or help in any way as the drugs or already in the bloodstream. On the contrary, it is a risky manoeuvre as the overdosed person could inhale their vomit and die of suffocation (Boris, who knows about Narcan and first aid regarding drug OD - as stated in the book - should have known this).,Adult Theo Decker: I wear bespoke suits. I swim twice a week. I socialize with people I can't stand. I'm relaxed, personable. I don't indulge in self pity. It's true what I read, "We're so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.",Credits are unfolding over travelling zoomed images of the painting "The Goldfinch".,Featured in CTV News at 11:30 Toronto: Episode dated 8 September 2019 (2019),Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major Op. 73 II. Adagio un poco mosso
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Glenn Gould with Leopold Stokowski and the American Symphony Orchestra
Courtesy of Sony Classical
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment,I have a hard fast rule. Never compare a movie to the book on which it is based. This, of course, is impossible in many ways. But one needs to accept the limitations of the silver screen. Little introspection, detail, character development, and so on. Obviously, with good direction and acting, we have a new telling of a tale. I really enjoyed the book here, but was astounded that a movie was being made of it. The dull portrayal of the cerebral nature of the plot doesn't stand up well. It kept my interest only in a how-are-they-going-to-show that kind of way. There is something so drab here. We are asked to glean all kinds of information from close-ups of the protagonist and Nicole Kidman. Connections fail. Suspense is non-existence and contrived. Some books just weren't meant to be movies.,