A future where books have gone extinct? This short film paints a picture of what is surely a terrifying dystopia for most readers of this blog–yet it somehow does it in a thoroughly charming manner. The monster behind the horror? Well, you can probably guess…
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6 Thoughts on "The Last Bookshop"
The bookstore is in Tunbridge Wells, my old home town. It probably has more bookstores than Washington DC with 10-15% of the population….
Are you sure that only “G-amaZon-e” is the monster? Certainly the intended message of the film suggests this. But all book publishers, even in the age of print, have never cared much for libraries or people who lend their books out to family or friends. And they totally despise second-hand book shops. If I purchase a book, whether in print or in electronic format, is that book not mine to do with as a please? But tell me, is there ANY commercial publisher of e-books today that is going to allow the existence of a secondary market of reselling/reuse to spring up?
You have to watch all the credits to enjoy the final irony.
This was posted awhile back…but is just as interesting/enjoyable the second time around.
Pretty sure this is the first time it’s appeared on this blog. We did have a post on a video called “The Joy of Books” a while back:
http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2012/01/13/the-joy-of-books-a-short-inspired-film-full-of-passion/
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A providential addendum!