I have been looking forward to the release of the Oscar-nominated film American Fiction. Based on the Percival Everett novel Erasure it stars the great American actor Jeffrey Wright. One scene from the movie was filmed in the Boston bookstore Brookline Booksmith and the shop staff recently shared a clip.
"It's traditional to list writers, directors, actors, designers, and editors as those responsible for making a film great. Having seen my fair share of movies (and starring in one student film in the late-'90s), I know that it's really all down to the location scout. Would King Kong have wowed audiences quite so much if he climbed to the top of Boston City Hall? I don't think so. Similarly, Oscar-nominee American Fiction rests not on its stellar cast or brilliantly adapted screenplay, but on our own Coolidge Corner, and especially that camera shot down aisle 4, right here in Booksmith. We've written notes for our acceptance speech, but to be honest we're probably going to wing it when we're up there on stage."
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