My physical media habits involve books and records only. My DVD player is collecting dust in the basement. If i didn’t have a small Brooklyn house, my dream would be an epic home entertainment system. Then id be a blu ray collecting machine. So instead i channel that energy — and money — into vinyl.
I'm glad you spoke of the joys of lining up. It meant so much to me as a young adult to queue for The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders and Donner's Superman. These were communal events. One line-up I feel a sense of pride about is an initial screening of "Heaven's Gate". My twin and I saw the original, 4-hour mess in a sold-out Toronto cinema a week before it was pulled from release. I've got tons of VHS B-movies in my storage and no player for them. I had a laser disc player and stack of movies, including Vincent Minnelli's "Cobweb". All are gone now. It sickens me to think how many DVDs I'll have to unload from my storage, but it is necessary. Physical media is impossible for me now. I'll order the odd Kino release, but I'm at the age now when I can't cope with it. I'm quite happy to stream and there are plenty of resources, plus TCM. Of course, there's always my favourite way to see a movie - on the big screen.
Guilty! I have VHS tapes, laserdiscs, DVDs, blu-rays... I am also have what I am calling The Criterion Collection Collection. I am trying to get every movie with a spine number. I probably have a problem.
It's always debatable as to what should be preserved and what shouldn't, but film, television and audio recordings all deserve to exist at least as long as to attract one new generation of customers. The limited tunnel vision attitude of executives in the media field on this subject is outrageously ignorant.
My physical media habits involve books and records only. My DVD player is collecting dust in the basement. If i didn’t have a small Brooklyn house, my dream would be an epic home entertainment system. Then id be a blu ray collecting machine. So instead i channel that energy — and money — into vinyl.
So thought provoking and kind of tears at my heart -- that life long struggle between holding on and letting go exists in the world of film, too.
This is everything. It's the story of being alive.
What a lovely observation.
I'm glad you spoke of the joys of lining up. It meant so much to me as a young adult to queue for The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders and Donner's Superman. These were communal events. One line-up I feel a sense of pride about is an initial screening of "Heaven's Gate". My twin and I saw the original, 4-hour mess in a sold-out Toronto cinema a week before it was pulled from release. I've got tons of VHS B-movies in my storage and no player for them. I had a laser disc player and stack of movies, including Vincent Minnelli's "Cobweb". All are gone now. It sickens me to think how many DVDs I'll have to unload from my storage, but it is necessary. Physical media is impossible for me now. I'll order the odd Kino release, but I'm at the age now when I can't cope with it. I'm quite happy to stream and there are plenty of resources, plus TCM. Of course, there's always my favourite way to see a movie - on the big screen.
Guilty! I have VHS tapes, laserdiscs, DVDs, blu-rays... I am also have what I am calling The Criterion Collection Collection. I am trying to get every movie with a spine number. I probably have a problem.
It's always debatable as to what should be preserved and what shouldn't, but film, television and audio recordings all deserve to exist at least as long as to attract one new generation of customers. The limited tunnel vision attitude of executives in the media field on this subject is outrageously ignorant.