{"id":14103,"date":"2020-12-22T10:37:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T15:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=14103"},"modified":"2020-12-29T09:13:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T14:13:48","slug":"episode-413-dw-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-413-dw-young","title":{"rendered":"Episode 413 – DW Young"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 413:
\nDW Young<\/a><\/p>\n

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“People have responded very well to The Booksellers in the pandemic moment, because it speaks to an aspect of city living that’s been denied us. It was an access point to that.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>With the wonderful documentary, The Booksellers<\/a> (Greenwich Entertainment), director D.W. Young<\/a> celebrates the world of antiquarian books and the personalities who trade in them. We talk about how The Booksellers<\/em> came together, the need to celebrate book culture, and the experience of premiering the movie during the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair<\/a> on the cusp of the pandemic. We also talk about each of our realizations that we’re not that<\/em> obsessive about old books, the ways collectors help preserve history, and the changing nature of what’s antiquarian. We get into his move into filmmaking in his 30s (after working on a novel that didn’t quite work out), DW’s new project on the pandemic, the election, and New York artists, the thrill of the hunt and what we miss about the pre-digital world, the great experience of getting Fran Lebowitz<\/a> in The Booksellers<\/em>, a celebration of NYC’s long-gone Book Row, and why he’s optimistic about the next generation in book dealers and what they’ll collect. Give it a listen!<\/a> And go watch The Booksellers<\/a>!<\/p>\n

“The internet is influencing and impacting us in ways that we don’t understand yet. Trying to come to grips with that is the great challenge of the moment.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n