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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.”

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#Movies #Cinema #Film #Entertainment #VideoRental #Lifestyle #DVD #VHS

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

The photo depicts an old video rental shop with faded signage that reads "Elvis" in bright colors above the entrance. The shop's exterior is simple and a bit worn, hinting at the countless stories it has seen over the years. The street is quiet, and the shop seems to be waiting for visitors to explore the cinematic treasures that might lie within its walls. The scene is a nostalgic nod to the era of video rentals, a once-vibrant industry now quieted by the passage of time.

Oswego Video - Yes you can still rent DVDs #yyj #victoriabc #dvdcollector #videorental #fujifilmxt2 #fujifilm #fujixt2 #fujinon1855 #sidewalkingvictoria #sidewalking

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:

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#VHS #RetroTech #VideoRental #MediaPreservation

https://wapo.st/48lI619

Vanilla Maple Late at our local video store coffee shop here in Milwaukie, Oregon!

Great American Video and Espresso.

#coffee #videostore #videorental #movies #nostalgia #coffeeshop

What an amazing summer for We Luv Video to reopen in Austin. Gonna take my streaming budget and spend it here instead.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/14/23795311/hollywood-strike-wga-sag-aftra-streaming

#writers #actors #strike #SAGAFTRA #unions #boycott #solidarity #streaming #videorental #iLuvVideo #WeLuvVideo #Austin

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