katherine montaltoPlease tell me all your favorite movies about libraries, books, and archives
Matthew Conroy@katherine_montalto Not "about", per se, but I love the part of Wings of Desire that takes place in the library (it's near the beginning of the film).
@matthewconroy oh yeah! I like that. I'm going to check this out. Yeah I should widen it to just featuring these things since honestly that's great too!
kev@katherine_montalto it’s a documentary, Ex Libris - The New York Public Library by Frederick Wiseman is a whirlwind tour through almost every branch of the NYPL showing how it all works.
@kev this sounds so interesting! thanks for the rec!
James Beyer@katherine_montalto A scene in a library provides one of the inciting incidents for the plot of Rushmore.
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The Booksellers, 2019 documentary
The Booksellers, 2019 documentary
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The Name of the Rose
@AmazingMeagen I watched the name of the rose over the weekend! It was on tubi. Thanks for the rec. This was exactly what I was looking for!
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Brilliant!
I'm a Book Conservator working with early manuscripts. It is an unofficial part of our training, to watch it. Loved it before that training.
@AmazingMeagen what a cool job!
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Discovery of Witches x3, Deborah Harkness
Discovery of Witches x3, Deborah Harkness
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Can you ever forgive me? with Melissa McCarthy
Can you ever forgive me? with Melissa McCarthy
@AmazingMeagen I love this film so much! More movies about curmudgeons!
@katherine_montalto Zardoz has a key connection to a certain book (you might be able to guess which one!). There is a brief scene in a library (I think) involving the book.
@matthewconroy it's been many years since I've watched zardoz. It's going on the list. Thanks for the reminder!
jwz@katherine_montalto Party Girl (1995)
@jwz Party girl is one of my absolute favorite library movies!
Sam Van Horne, Ph.D.@katherine_montalto @lyonsinbeta The Name of the Rose, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
@DataAngler I watched the name of the rose over the weekend! It was on tubi. Thanks for the rec. This was exactly what I was looking for!
UkeBrian@katherine_montalto 84 Charing Cross Road
clewHow library y do they need to be? Like, does the library stuff need to be thorough enough that we know what cataloging system they use?
If not, there’s a fluffy TV series called “ The Librarians”. Gang of friends, secret knowledge, etc.
thesinkingbelle@katherine_montalto The Pagemaster is great for a movie
best film about a book for me is this one: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0324080
for archives this documentary was really interesting:
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/567819-keepers-of-the-flame
@thesinkingbelle Oh! These are good! Thanks!
@katherine_montalto i'm a cinefile, so always glad to be of help!
the third one can be somewhat hard to find if you dont have RTE, so I went ahead and uppped my copy for you: https://is.gd/flame001
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@thesinkingbelle thanks so much! I just downloaded it! I will try to give this a watch this week!