Booksellers, The

[Opens April 17 at the Riverview Theater as part of Greenwich Entertainment's virtual cinema initiative; information and tickets available at BooksellersMovie.com.] Striking cinematography, amazing book-lined apartments and stores, and commentary by Fran Lebowitz, Susan Orlean, and Gay Talese, highlight D.W. Young's engaging, informative, behind-the-scenes, 99-minute, 2019 documentary that consists of archival photographs and film snippets and delves into the fascinating New York City world of antiquarian bookshops, booksellers (such as Naomi Hample, James E. Cummins, Dave Bergman, Judith Lowry, Rebecca Romney, Bibi Mohamed, Heather O'Donnell, Henry Wessells, Adam Weinberger, Adina Cohen, and Mary Benjamin), and eccentric collectors of rare books and how the Internet, auctions, and books fairs (such as the annual Antiquarian Book Fair at Manhattan's Park Avenue Armory) have changed the way booksellers make their livelihood and bibliophiles buy books.
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