#videorental — Public Fediverse posts
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https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-lost-civic-life-of-movie-rental-stores/
I never cared for the chains, but the staff at Vulcan Video on Austin's 29th St were so knowledgeable.
#Video #VideoRental #MovieRental #VulcanVideo #Austin #Texas
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The Last #VideoRental Store Is Your #PublicLibrary - #Slashdot
I can confirm it: we never got #streaming subscriptions niether watch "plain TV". We just get #DVD from our city library. And we live a #HappierLife
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A year ago, film lovers raised $1M to save Seattle's Scarecrow Video, the world's largest video rental store and a cultural icon beloved by everyone from Roger Ebert to Quentin Tarantino. Now, the team behind it is shifting focus from survival to thriving. @IndieWire checked in with some of the people who are leading the institute into its new phase. “I think about this job a lot in terms of who gets to be the arbiter of truth,” said director of development Tyler Mesman. “Our job is to draw attention to things people might not know about. Unlike other public media libraries that are being pilfered right now, that are being censored, that are being torn asunder, nothing is going to leave our collection.”
#Movies #Cinema #Film #Entertainment #VideoRental #Lifestyle #DVD #VHS
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In a quiet corner of Nagoya, the Elvis video rental shop stands as a quirky shrine to a bygone era—did the King himself swap the stage for the silver screen in these streets? The plot thickens with each unreturned tape. 🎥🕺
名古屋の静かな一角にあるエルビスビデオレンタルショップは、過ぎ去った時代への風変わりな祭壇として立っています。文字が通りかかる人々にウィンクを投げています—キング自身がこれらの通りでステージと銀幕を交換したのでしょうか？返却されないテープごとに、物語は深まります。📼👑
#Nagoya #Japan #streetphotography #videoRental #elvis #retro #ricoh_gr #ricohgr3 #aichi
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The Washington Post just published an article about the return of video rental stores, something I noticed first-hand this weekend in Fredericksburg, VA when I made a wrong turn looking for the comic shop:
(Gift link, no paywall!)
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As someone who used to work at Kim’s Video in NYC, but is just as mystified as the rest of you on its origins and ultimate fate, I can’t wait for this film.
Sundance Review: Ashley Sabin And David Redmon’s Documentary ‘Kim’s Video’
https://deadline.com/2023/01/kims-video-review-sundance-documentary-ashley-sabin-david-redmon-yongman-kim-1235227870/BTW if you’re in NYC and haven’t heard already, the Alamo is actually renting parts of the Kim’s collection right now. So fun.
https://drafthouse.com/news/kims-video-is-back-in-nyc#CinephileStuff #Cinema #VideoRental #Film #SundanceFilmFestival
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😭 Weeping At Another Video Rental Store Closing: https://ausretrogamer.com/weeping-at-another-video-rental-store-closing/