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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

It has... here it's a little bit different, but, like, in Europe, it's always public...

It has... here it's a little bit different, but, like, in Europe, it's always public money, and it's public money that you invest in your own population

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It has... here it's a little bit different,
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but, like, in Europe, it's always public money,
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and it's public money that you invest in your own population.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
01:26:19
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.
Uh, so it's very much important - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Uh, so it's very much important
Um, I think what is maybe also important, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
Um, I think what is maybe also important,
It's a city archive, it's the circulating library. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
It's a city archive, it's the circulating library.
I'm dreaming of, especially if I think of this building, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
I'm dreaming of, especially if I think of this...
Maybe when I did design the... the... - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Maybe when I did design the... the...
Famous library we did in Delft, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Famous library we did in Delft,
It's in a library for the technical university in Delft, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
It's in a library for the technical university in...
And we, when we did the design in 1991, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
And we, when we did the design in 1991,
It's totally because people, they still think of libraries - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
It's totally because people, they still think of...
A lot of people have no awareness - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
A lot of people have no awareness
That will probably be the center of the catalog... - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
That will probably be the center of the catalog...
Plus, we only got halfway... - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Plus, we only got halfway...
That needs to be, like, life-sized. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
That needs to be, like, life-sized.
I almost wanted to be... - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
I almost wanted to be...
No problem. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
No problem.
Reminds me of a couple of paintings that was done - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Reminds me of a couple of paintings that was done
I don't know if you know what that is, oriental ism? - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
I don't know if you know what that is, oriental ism?
Eh... in chapter one - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
Eh... in chapter one
She, she doesn't like the story, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:26
She, she doesn't like the story,
Um, it's trying to take traditional literature - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
Um, it's trying to take traditional literature