A BODY OF LANGUAGE

A short film for The New Yorker about the odd and fascinating language of the rare book trade.

“A lighthearted, lexical short film. The obscure and fanciful language of the book world—particularly the bodily lingo—is the focus of the film, and the two dozen or so booksellers interviewed on camera describe with relish their favorite terms.” - THE NEW YORKER

DIRECTED AND EDITED BY:
D.W. YOUNG

PRODUCED BY:
JUDITH MIZRACHY
DAN WECHSLER
D.W. YOUNG

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
PETER BOLTE

ORIGINAL MUSIC:
DAVID ULLMANN

5 MINUTES, 2020