An absolutely delightful movie, IMHO. The embedded trailer has an unfortunate imbalance in the audio stereo channels, rendering the background music too loud, but will give a decent overview of the sense of the movie. The movie has undertones of a "You've Got Mail" rom-com but without the stereotypical Hollywood Happy Ending. Anne Bancroft won the BAFTA for this role in 1987, but the movie received mixed reviews in the U.S. Many readers of TYWKIWDBI will be familiar with this movie, and are invited to leave reviews in the Comments.
Because of the subject matter, the movie came highly recommended in this book -
- which is very much a book for bibliophiles. It begins with the obligatory chapter about Ben Franklin, then discusses The Old Corner (in Boston), mobile bookstores, Marshall Field, NYC stores, Nazi and alternative lifestyle stores, Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and Parnassus (Ann Patchett). If you have ever wondered "what happened to Brentanos/Waldenbooks/Borders/B. Dalton," you can find the answer here.
Loved this film so much; in Kirkwood, MO there was a small single-screen movie theater that had a single screen, and I visited so often that I got to know the staff. I would often go to a matinee, and if the movie was good, and the audience sparse, I'd sit through the film a second time. After spending some $$$ on snacks, of course. They never complained. This was one that I watched twice. Along with Babette's Feast, Bagdad Cafe, and Europa, Europa. Wow, those were some of the best years of my life when it came to films...
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