finding things

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From: anne mcknight <amck at gol.com>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 6:46 PM
Subject: finding things


> Markus' posting about finding things reminded me that there's a new
bookstore
> in Shibuya that has a surprisingly good selection of film books -- it's
called
> Book First, and is smack on the Bunkamura strip across the street from one
of
> the now-ubiquitous Starbucks'; the arts section constitutes the floor in
the
> basement.
>
> Book First is very Shibuya-kei, and/but has a better selection than any of
the
> big stores like Libros, Junkudo, better than ABC too I think, for new
stuff,
> and some retro stuff, lots of re-packaged Nouvelle Vague related material,
> which recent mini-boom in both film and music strikes a certain je ne sais
> quoi in my book anyway...
>
> I was also reminded recently, looking at back issues of PIA, that for
people
> who are looking for cinema "goods" stores, like posters and things, that
PIA
> has run a series of spot articles on goods shops over the last few years--
> e.g. the Hong Kong movie goods shops, various genre shops-- and they'd be
a
> good resource for anyone wanting to track down their pet roman poruno
poster,
> or even just check out that status of the goods market as a part of fan
> culture.  The articles have maps etc which makes them too very easy to
> consume.
>
>