My most recent Netflix viewing was The Glass Onion, which includes an incredible number of cameo appearances by celebrities. It also happens to include a fun cameo appearance by one of my favorite notebooks!
I won’t talk about how the notebook is involved in the plot, but here’s a few photos I grabbed.
The notebook seems to be one of my beloved Bindewerk Linen journals, with unlined pages. At first I thought the size might be a little larger than my 3.5 x 5.5″ notebooks– maybe 4×6. But it’s hard to tell and it could just be that Janelle Monáe’s hands are smaller than mine! It looks like they added a ribbon marker to it, at least in some shots, and a character’s initials are embossed on the cover. There were a couple of close-up shots of writing in the notebook where I thought the paper texture looked exactly like Bindewerk’s.
Here’s mine to show a comparison.
If it’s not a Bindewerk, I have no idea what brand it could be. And I can’t identify the slightly larger notebook that is shown on the table underneath it in the first photo. Let me know if you have any guesses!
What is the model you use? It’s a nice size and I can’t see it on their website.
At first, when I saw it on the trailer, I thought it was going to be a a pocket Moleskine, which is the directors favorite, I think (and there was one in the first one) Saw the movie and didn’t know the brand, thanks for this post! I”ll look for one!
I suppose it is possible it is a Moleskine, but I thought it looked like the cover was a cloth texture, and I am pretty sure they haven’t made cloth covered ones in pocket size. But you never know! [Edited to add] On second thought, I don’t think it could be a Moleskine, because there is no sign of an elastic closure…
It is a pocket size Bindewerk notebook, 3.5 x 5.5″, with plain pages. You can see them for sale here: https://www.orangeartstore.com/linen-flex-dotted-books.html
They aren’t sold in very many stores– Goods for the Study in NYC carries them, but not all colors.
I was delighted to see that a notebook playing a prominent role (for a notebook) in the film! Thanks for sleuthing out its identity!
Have you seen the great film “Happy Hour,” by director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi? There’s a great scene where the four characters pull out their Hobonichi A6 planners.