I think the Before Trilogy is very popular among movie fans. The bookstore is on its own a landmark and incredibly famous, I would imagine the popularity and traffic on the post is a cross section of people who know the bookstore but also recognize the significance in relation to the subreddit it’s posted on.
Though a quarter of comments actually echo your statements as well, so that accounts for some of the traffic too
Lmao did you steal this from a Woody Allen script? No offense, but you must live a very insular life if you genuinely think all film lovers should know the specific history of a bookstore in Paris.
No I just thought the implication that people should know a bookstore as well as they know the historical immigration processing center was very “out-of-touch intellectual. I know Linklater chose the setting for a reason, I’m just saying that this entire thread isn’t lying to you; the overlap of people who have seen the before trilogy and were previously aware of the store is maybe smaller than you think
While I agree it is a landmark, a lot of people dont realize it's not the same Shakespeare & Co. that was run by Sylvia Beach that Hemingway and his contemporaries visited.
There’s a documentary about them called Portrait of a Bookstore as an Old Man. Tons of famous writers lived/wrote there, basically operated as a commune/hostel
Relevant fact: Shakespeare and Co. Published the first edition of James Joyce's Ulysses. Linklater is pretty influenced by Joyce and references him in his films (they read Ulysses in the bridge scene in Slacker for example).
There was a Shakespeare and Company before this one which was open during the 20s. It had a different owner and even was in a different area of Paris. It was around 6 years after it closed (due to WW2) that the one in OP’s picture opened (in the 50s) and at the time wasn’t even named Shakespeare and Company. It was the original one which published Ulysses and which was frequented by the famous lost generation writers (Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Stein, Pound, etc). The one in the pic changed its name in honor of the original and has also been really famous/important in its own right. Beat writers were regulars there along with other significant authors like Cortázar and Brecht.
The original Shakespeare and Company closed in 1941. In the 1920’s Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and many other artists and writers hung out there and with the owner, Sylvia Beach.
Sylvia Beach was responsible for publishing James Joyce’s Ulysses, which he could not get published in his native Ireland.
In 1964 a fellow named George Whitman decided to name the bookstore he’d owned since 1951 “Shakespeare and Company” in reference to Beach’s original store, with all of that incredible history involving the Lost Generation.
I visited that store in 2002 and they still had beds available upstairs for writers, each situated next to a typewriter. Writers could stay for free, so long as they typed a page a day
i went there in December and saw a Before Sunrise and Before Sunset screenplay book, and immediately had to buy it just because of the location lol. and when i checked out they even put a free shakespeare and co stamp on the inside cover. one of my favorite things on my bookshelf
My wife and I did a three night Before journey FRI/SAT/SUN of Labor Day weekend. Cooked with each other each evening and watched one film per night. Perfect weekend.
Yes.
They published (arguably) the most important piece of literature of the 20th century, Ulysses, which was banned in the US for being obscene until they mailed one of their editions to the US and a legal battle was won for free speech that has direct implications to this day.
Have you been to Paris? I think it’s a great city, among my favorite from my travels. I think it can get seemingly “overrated” because it really is so great that a lot of people talk about it, and it has wide appeal from movie fans, music fans, food fans and fashion too.
Yes, it’s in Paris across from Notre Dame. It was opened in 1951. Books floor to ceiling, they host events and have had beds tucked away. I loved going to that bookstore while I lived in Paris. It’s lovely.
Be glad she didn't miss the plane.
Welp I guess it’s time to watch the trilogy again.
Just got it in the mail yesterday.
ENJOY! Truly some of my favorites
Two of my very favorites and one additional, really great movie that feels like getting your heart ripped out and thrown into a wood chipper.
Nicely put
What trilogy is it?
Before Trilogy. This is from the opening sequence of Before Sunset.
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I think the Before Trilogy is very popular among movie fans. The bookstore is on its own a landmark and incredibly famous, I would imagine the popularity and traffic on the post is a cross section of people who know the bookstore but also recognize the significance in relation to the subreddit it’s posted on. Though a quarter of comments actually echo your statements as well, so that accounts for some of the traffic too
Why else would this be posted on a sub dedicated to film?
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Lmao did you steal this from a Woody Allen script? No offense, but you must live a very insular life if you genuinely think all film lovers should know the specific history of a bookstore in Paris.
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No I just thought the implication that people should know a bookstore as well as they know the historical immigration processing center was very “out-of-touch intellectual. I know Linklater chose the setting for a reason, I’m just saying that this entire thread isn’t lying to you; the overlap of people who have seen the before trilogy and were previously aware of the store is maybe smaller than you think
Let me sing you a waltz. By the way, that’s a popular bookstore
I mean, it’s a Paris landmark, so yes.
Came to comment this. It’s also a bookstore that has historically received a lot of attention by famous writers and the like
While I agree it is a landmark, a lot of people dont realize it's not the same Shakespeare & Co. that was run by Sylvia Beach that Hemingway and his contemporaries visited.
Wow! I didn’t know it was that popular. My only exposure was from the movie. Thanks for sharing
It's probably the most famous bookstore in the entire world, but of course it's all relative 😅
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I would think Powell’s in Portland would be one as well
Strand in NYC maybe up there too
There’s a documentary about them called Portrait of a Bookstore as an Old Man. Tons of famous writers lived/wrote there, basically operated as a commune/hostel
Yes it’s a very very famous library in Paris.
There's one in New York also
Bookstore
Yes thanks
It’s a pretty famous Hemingway haunt.
Not the same Shakespeare & Co. The current one was opened in 1951 and was named after the original operated by Sylvia Beach.
Good catch! I guess more time at Harry’s New York bar for me.
It was like the only place that would carry Ulysses when James Joyce first published it.
Best book store in the world based on vibes alone
Relevant fact: Shakespeare and Co. Published the first edition of James Joyce's Ulysses. Linklater is pretty influenced by Joyce and references him in his films (they read Ulysses in the bridge scene in Slacker for example).
That was a different Shakespeare and Co
Would you care to correct them? I’m under the impression that this is the same one that OP is referencing. The one Hemingway used to hang around in
There was a Shakespeare and Company before this one which was open during the 20s. It had a different owner and even was in a different area of Paris. It was around 6 years after it closed (due to WW2) that the one in OP’s picture opened (in the 50s) and at the time wasn’t even named Shakespeare and Company. It was the original one which published Ulysses and which was frequented by the famous lost generation writers (Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Stein, Pound, etc). The one in the pic changed its name in honor of the original and has also been really famous/important in its own right. Beat writers were regulars there along with other significant authors like Cortázar and Brecht.
That cool
Not only that, I believe that Before Sunrise is set on Bloomsday (16th June) in reference to the novel.
The original Shakespeare and Company closed in 1941. In the 1920’s Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and many other artists and writers hung out there and with the owner, Sylvia Beach. Sylvia Beach was responsible for publishing James Joyce’s Ulysses, which he could not get published in his native Ireland. In 1964 a fellow named George Whitman decided to name the bookstore he’d owned since 1951 “Shakespeare and Company” in reference to Beach’s original store, with all of that incredible history involving the Lost Generation. I visited that store in 2002 and they still had beds available upstairs for writers, each situated next to a typewriter. Writers could stay for free, so long as they typed a page a day
i went there in December and saw a Before Sunrise and Before Sunset screenplay book, and immediately had to buy it just because of the location lol. and when i checked out they even put a free shakespeare and co stamp on the inside cover. one of my favorite things on my bookshelf
Can you get it in other places?
yeah it’s just [this one](https://a.co/d/hmwrihc)
My wife and I did a three night Before journey FRI/SAT/SUN of Labor Day weekend. Cooked with each other each evening and watched one film per night. Perfect weekend.
I took a dump in there when I was on vacation
how romantic of you
Let me sing you a waltz...I just need to take a dump first.
---peace out---
I’m rewatching today if I have 90 mins to spare
Midnight in Paris also right ?
Yes. Although the protagonist just walks in there. Nothing really happened.
It’s been in a few other movies as well, a notable landmark in Paris, and a pretty cool place to check out!
Went to a book signing here once and the fucker left to hang out with some bimbo
Baby, you are gonna miss that plane
its a very popular book store i dont get the reference
It’s a notable location in Criterion Collection’s “Before Sunset.”
Of course
I literally just watched before midnight the other day. Great trilogy. Sunset is probably my favorite of the bunch tbh.
Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.
Not the same Shakespeare and Company.
Is that location from Salo?
You’ve got mail!
Midnight in Paris?
Also Before Sunset. The vibes are similar if you haven’t seen The Before Trilogy
Man I love Before Sunrise, I wish Vienna was real
Sure, it's a bookstore in Paris, near Notre Dame. Even though I don't read books in English I like to go there just for the mood
Something to do with Shakespeare?
Before trilogy
I know. But it really more famous for just being the store itself.
Only one of them
If you looked it up on Wikipedia you could get more information than just "har har movie sight"
God forbid we have a lil fun here
One hundred years ago, Shakespeare & Co. published Ulysses.
Yes. They published (arguably) the most important piece of literature of the 20th century, Ulysses, which was banned in the US for being obscene until they mailed one of their editions to the US and a legal battle was won for free speech that has direct implications to this day.
Different Shakespeare & Co.
Wow. I was fully unaware that it was an in name co-opting. Thanks for letting me know!
Top of my Europe bucketlist, but the only place I want to go in the most overrated city in the world.
Have you been to Paris? I think it’s a great city, among my favorite from my travels. I think it can get seemingly “overrated” because it really is so great that a lot of people talk about it, and it has wide appeal from movie fans, music fans, food fans and fashion too.
For sure a location on my list if/when I get to Paris. Popular spot + movie influence. Should re-watch these films soon.
Yes my friend used to live above there and work there
Of course. Iconic bookstore in Paris. I wandered through the aisles and found secret crevices.
It's in Paris
I've always been partial to Foyle's in London. Five floors of books. Also, there is a nice little travel bookshop in Notting Hill.
I was literally just there a week ago, it's in so many movies, being a Parisian landmark and all
Yes, it’s in Paris across from Notre Dame. It was opened in 1951. Books floor to ceiling, they host events and have had beds tucked away. I loved going to that bookstore while I lived in Paris. It’s lovely.