I Lost It at the Video Store

I Lost It at the Video Store | Tom Roston

so-so

4 stars for content: arranged in an interesting format so that different filmmakers‘ quotes about different aspects of video store culture seemed to be in conversation with each other. I would have liked a few more perspectives from people other than directors/distributors like critics, actors, archivists, etc.
2 stars for the physical book: not entirely the author‘s fault bc the original publisher went belly-up before publication...

balletbookworm but the ink quality and layout of my copy from Createspace was really shoddy 6y

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BruceWalken

I Lost It at the Video Store | Tom Roston

pick

I‘m a big fan of VHS (I kinda go on about it!) so this naturally drew me in. Even though it‘s based states side and I‘m in the uk a lot of the feelings and thoughts the contributors have are universal (especially if you grew up with the video stores as your go to place for entertainment). Filmmakers like Tarantino and smith chipping in among many others. Each chapter covers different elements of the VHS era. Short but great.

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