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The Booksellers

Books may not disappear anytime soon, but what about the world of rare book dealers? This documentary takes a nerdy look at those people, introducing us to several colorful characters in New York City. There is a lot of appreciation in this movie for the past and the culture of books, the camera lovingly capturing time-worn details of old books in close-ups. But the filmmakers arenā€™t forgetting the men and women behind this obsession; theyā€™re often fascinating (and funny) to listen to, not least Fran Lebowitz. Many different issues are discussed, including the historical status of books, the role of women in this world of old men in tweed, and the threat and potential of the Internet.Ā 

2020-U.S. 99 min. Color-B/W. Produced byĀ Judith Mizrachy, Dan Wechsler, D.W. Young. Directed byĀ D.W. Young.

Trivia: Co-executive produced by Parker Posey.

Last word: “There are a bunch of structural elements that we used to give it some shape and give a sense of progression even though itā€™s not linear and a certain amount of that developed organically through the process of making the film. Certainly the fact it was never going to have a central protagonist was a starting point, but I liked the notion that we would start and end with the book fair, so itā€™s almost very off-the-cuff year in the life of the book trade, and thereā€™s some quotations which I figured would be inevitable in a film like this about books and language, that provide a little bit of structure.” (Young, The Moveable Fest)

 

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