Open thread: do you still use DVDs or videos? Has your collection survived?
by Michael Sun from Technology | The Guardian on (#5Y2FW)
As Sydney's last, best' video shop closes, what's the future for physical media in Australia, and for the communities who collect them?
- We would love to hear about your film collections, big or small. Share them in the comments below
In 2015, between dusty rows of shelves in a small op-shop somewhere in suburban Sydney, I made a vow to myself: whenever I spotted a copy of Dude, Where's My Car? on DVD, I would have to buy it.
There was no deeper thought behind the mission. To this day I have not even watched the movie. But something about its cover - Ashton Kutcher, wide-eyed, hamming into the camera; the extremely Y2K gradient; the charmingly chunky letters spelling out its title - felt right. It felt soothing.
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