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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

I did think, as I read it, it would have been better titled, Lovemaking in the Time of...

I did think, as I read it, it would have been better titled, Lovemaking in the Time of Cholera, because I got a little bored with all the in and outs of all the bed

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I did think, as I read it,
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it would have been better titled,
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Lovemaking in the Time of Cholera,
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because I got a little bored
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with all the in and outs of all the bed.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:41:48
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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Movie Summary

A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
I find the beginning lines and beginning pages, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
I find the beginning lines and beginning pages,
I mean, it's not like, "Call me Ishmael," - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
I mean, it's not like, "Call me Ishmael,"
And this is a story of unrequited love. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
And this is a story of unrequited love.
That was only at the end gets fulfilled - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
That was only at the end gets fulfilled
And so I think he's saying, in a way, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
And so I think he's saying, in a way,
The explanation for Florentino - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
The explanation for Florentino
It affected him for the rest of his life, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
It affected him for the rest of his life,
Yes, he screwed all these women - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:18
Yes, he screwed all these women
Also, he was devastated - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Also, he was devastated
Right. As we all were, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Right. As we all were,
He went into the stateroom - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
He went into the stateroom
He was a human being, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
He was a human being,
It was surreal in many respects, magical realism, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
It was surreal in many respects, magical realism,
I felt it so perceptive about what it means to be married, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
I felt it so perceptive about what it means to be married,
I mean, I was personally affected - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:18
I mean, I was personally affected
So I think both characters were very sympathetic. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
So I think both characters were very sympathetic.
They were real. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
They were real.
It was his imagination of Fermina that he loved. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
It was his imagination of Fermina that he loved.
He only knew what he thought she was, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
He only knew what he thought she was,
And, I mean, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
And, I mean,