Circus of Books (2019)
- Directed by
- Rachel Mason
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 104 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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.
How it feels
A filmmaker profiles her parents who ran a famous gay pornography bookstore in Los Angeles. It shows how their business intersected with their family life and the changing times.
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What happens
Circus of Books is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Rachel Mason, written by Rachel Mason and Kathryn Robson and starring Karen Mason, Barry Mason and Rachel Mason. The premise revolves around Circus of Books, a bookstore and gay pornography shop in West Hollywood, California, and in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles. The film premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, and was released on Netflix in the United States on April 22, 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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