Ghibli's Bookshelf
This August 2010 NHK documentary explores the influence of selected children's literature on Miyazaki and Takahata's body of work and on Studio Ghibli as a whole. Also included is a conversation between Miyazaki and Japa
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This August 2010 NHK documentary explores the influence of selected children's literature on Miyazaki and Takahata's body of work and on Studio Ghibli as a whole. Also included is a conversation between Miyazaki and Japa
Literary characters come to life late at night in a bookshop, serenading Sniffles the mouse with swing music until the Frankenstein monster intrudes.
A sleepy village around 1910. Jacob, the owner of a book store in a small town is a member of a club who baths together every Sunday. He is uninterested in women until Amelie Arbel moves into the town. She is both rich a
Documentation of Udin’s life, a phone credit seller. Behind his business, Udin has another job as an online prostitute. Udin runs his side job to fulfill his family daily needs. In order to runs his side job, Udin used h
A socially committed student commune gathers in its yearly camp to welcome new members, debate on feminism, culture critique and direct democracy, but also sit by the fireplace and sing songs of the movement.
Mother's good boy Benny Silman from Brooklyn becomes an economics student at Arizona State University for the sun and sexy girls- and the proximity of gambling paradise Las Vegas. Benny aces his studies, being a mathemat
Imagine a world without books... A young boy leaves behind his holographic entertainment and explores the abandoned old shop fronts outside. Down a forgotten alley he discovers the last ever bookshop. And inside, an anci
A behind-the-scenes look at how “Tales of the Black Freighter” and “Under the Hood” fit into and expand the world of Watchmen.
His death was accidental, though no one would believe it. The plan was to resurrect him with an ancient spell. But the spell didn't work. Now they've cut him up into little pieces with the intention of dumping the parts
It’s 1987 and Jim Crockett Promotions is about to claim ownership of Bill Watts’ legendary territory. With that will come an influx of talent from Watts’ roster. In reality, that purchase was rather unspectacular and not
In 1939, Yiddish was the spoken language of three-quarters of the world's Jews. But when leading Jewish scholars convened in 1980, they estimated that only 70,000 Yiddish books remained in the world. This engaging, often
What once seemed like an esoteric world now seems essential to our culture: the community of rare book dealers and collectors who, in their love of the delicacy and tactility of books, are helping to keep the printed wor
In 1959 New York, a pensive Jewish fellow named Rivner befriends an oversized Italian-American tough named Boscolo from the Lower East Side. Both men served overseas during WWII and returned changed, no longer fitting in
On Christmas Eve 1991, in the San Fernando Valley, an escort agency receives a call from a charming client with a dark secret that could change her life forever.
Bayou Maharajah explores the life and music of New Orleans piano legend James Booker, the man Dr. John described as "the best black, gay, one-eyed junkie piano genius New Orleans has ever produced." A brilliant pianist,
In a mysterious 24-hour bookstore, a solitary manager who has lived for a thousand years follows a nightly ritual of offering visitors a half-glass of midnight milk.
Presentation of Marguerite Yourcenar's book about the famous Loire water castle Chenonceau as the "Castle of Women"
Brannan brings a whole new meaning to “double dating” when she inadvertently makes dates with two people on the same night.
He sighed as the clock approached midnight. kstore" open 24 hours a day that encompasses time and space. The old man from the Bai bookstore, who spent a thousand years alone, gave each reader half a cup of "night milk"
A pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer.