Bibliograph

I lost it at the video store, a filmmakers' oral history of a vanished era, Tom Roston

Type

Label

I lost it at the video store, a filmmakers' oral history of a vanished era, Tom Roston

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes filmography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

I lost it at the video store

Nature of contents

filmographies

Oclc number

914573749

Responsibility statement

Tom Roston

Sub title

a filmmakers' oral history of a vanished era

Summary

"In I lost it at the video store, Tom Roston interviews the filmmakers, including John Sayles, Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith, Darren Aronofsky, David O. Russell and Allison Adners, who came of age during the reign of video rentals"--jacket flap

Table Of Contents

Introduction: strangers in paradise -- Filmmaker glossary -- Losing it -- An education -- Clerk life -- The indie-horror paradigm -- Stocking the shelves -- The man with the keys -- Reservoir Dogs -- Follow the money -- Kevin Smith grabs the mic -- The second clerk generation -- Three nails in the coffin: Blockbuster, DVD, and the Internet -- Wake up streaming -- What's lost -- Appendix: "Passing of a video store and a downtown aesthetic," The New York Times, July 24th, 2014

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