The Booksellers

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  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: June 9, 2020
  • Originally Released: 2019
  • Label: Greenwich

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Total Count: 41
Young made the aesthetically wise choice to focus mainly on purveyors specializing in rare books or niche subjects. Some are inveterate collectors themselves.
New York Times
Mar 5, 2020
Rating: 3/4 -- Though it opens with a quote from Susan Sontag invoking Jorge Luis Borges's belief... the film is not about the content, but the container - the tactile, redolent artifact essential to book lovers and sought by collectors. Full Review
Boston Globe
Apr 8, 2020
While this hazy, shifting quality lets The Booksellers feel lighter on its feet, it also makes its inquiries seem insufficiently honed. Full Review
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
May 8, 2020
Rating: 3/4 -- Even if you're not an avid reader, you'll enjoy this engaging documentary that takes a look at the last of a dying breed, the antiquarian bookseller. Full Review
The Victoria Advocate
May 13, 2020
For those that can stick it through, they'll find a unique gem of a movie that they might not know they're missing. Full Review
Chicago Reader
May 12, 2020
Rating: 3/5 -- The overall experience is like wandering through an antiquarian book store, picking up a volume, starting to flip through in a leisurely fashion, and then having your arm jostled, losing your place, and picking up another tome. Full Review
Austin Chronicle
Apr 30, 2020
Rating: 3/4 -- An engrossing documentary that lovingly demonstrates the importance of books within our culture and our evolving relationship to them. Full Review
812filmreviews
May 12, 2020

Product Description:

Director D. W. Young's wistful documentary features interviews with Fran Lebowitz, Susan Orlean, Gay Talese, and Parker Posey. It explores the relatively insular, cozy and bibliophilic world of New York City's antiquarian booksellers. As the vintage book trade struggles to keep pace with the advent of the internet, e-commerce and diminished attention spans, the book acquires a mysterious halo in the eyes of a select few.

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  • UPC: 738329246860
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