The Booksellers

2019
1h 39m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

2.2K

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Documentary

A behind-the-scenes look at the New York rare book world.A behind-the-scenes look at the New York rare book world.A behind-the-scenes look at the New York rare book world.

Director
- D.W. Young
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

2.2K

YOUR RATING

Director
- D.W. Young
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Quotes
Fran Lebowitz: You know what they used to call independent bookstores? Bookstores. All bookstores were independent.

Crazy credits
In a short closing video segment, Fran Leibowitz describes what happened when she loaned a book to David Bowie.

Connections
Features Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)

Soundtracks
Film Bop
Written by David Ullmann
Performed by Jp Schlegelmilch, Vincent Sperrazza, Kevin Sun, David Ullmann & Gary Wang

I chanced upon this documentary on Amazon Prime. Because I have quite a large collection of books and have spent much of my life haunting used bookstores, I was intrigued. It was fun to see the passion for the items themselves. All collectors have a bit of an unhealthy connection to whatever they are collecting. But why is the question that is most important. Here we see people who have connections going back generations or those who are contemporary. I enjoyed it, but I have to say that at times it really dragged. Sometimes people can be too philosophical. Still, many questions that have evaded me were answered reasonably well.