Poetries From the Bookstores

Genre

documentary film

Country

Taiwan

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A series of short documentaries visiting independent bookstores across Taiwan. Each episode focuses on a different bookstore owner and their personal philosophy about books and community.

contemplativeintimatewarmnostalgicslow-pacedmeditativepersonalobservational

What happens

書店裡的影像詩(Poetries From the Bookstores)，2014年夢田文創製作著作的紀錄片。由夢田文創執行長蘇麗媚擔任監製、作家楊照擔任顧問，導演侯季然拍攝紀錄台灣40家獨立書店，每集3分鐘，總共40支紀錄短片，挖掘書店主人的自由靈魂，希望透過影像找回人與閱讀之間的溫度。 2016年8月推出第二季，導演侯季然再度紀錄下一批40家書店，遍及台灣、澎湖、金門、馬祖，以影像喚起沉睡的記憶，挖掘40位書店主人的生活哲學、定格出此時此刻台灣的書店風貌。書店並不只是書店，而是社區文化與思想萌芽的基地，它們的風華將透過影像紀錄跨世代流傳。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.