Talk to the Two Directors Whose New Movies Pay Homage to NYC Record Shops

A while back we noted that bygone East Village record shop Other Music makes an appearance in Landline, Gillian Robespierre and Jenny Slate’s follow-up to Obvious Child. And then we noted that Greenpoint vinyl repository The Thing makes an appearance in Brooklyn filmmaker Dustin Guy Defa’s forthcoming film, Person to Person.

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Well, both movies are now hitting theaters, and this Friday you’ll have a couple of chances to talk to their directors. On July 28, Nitehawk will screen Landline, a family dramedy set in ’90s NYC, and follow it up with a talkback with Robespierre and writer/producer Elisabeth Holm. By that time we’ll know whether the documentary about Other Music, which is the scene of a crucial meet-cute in Landline, has been fully funded. So far, so good. As of this writing, the husband-and-wife team (speaking of meet-cutes) behind the Other doc have raised $66,443 of their $70,000 goal, with 14 hours to go. Read more about Landline here and snag tickets for the screening here.

Also on July 28, at 9pm, a screening of Person to Person will be followed by a Q&A with Dustin Guy Defa and a couple of his stars, George Sample III and Bene Coppersmith (sadly Michael Cera and Abbi Jacobson, who play a pair of odd-couple reporters investigating a Brooklyn murder, won’t be present). As we’ve noted, Coopersmith plays a vinyl junkie chasing down a rare Charlie Parker record, which is true to life: IRL, Coopersmith is a part-time musician and carpenter who also happens to own a nameless Red Hook record shop. In Person to Person, it’s Greenpoint record shop The Thing where his character chases down a vinyl scammer in the maze-like basement. Read more about the movie here and snag tickets for the screening here.