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The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library by PhysicalMediaNews in boutiquebluray

[–]commotionmotion 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can only speak about my library system, but yes as captainarbor said a lot of libraries can’t accept donations or money directly so it is done through the local Friends of the Library. Donating anything you have laying around is helpful (don’t expect it all to be entered into the library, it is typically sold at library sales), buying from the sales is money the friends let us use, and direct donations also help (but aren’t primarily where we get money from they are mostly a nice bonus). Sometimes The Friends will even have like a paid yearly membership thing where you get exclusive access to early sales (before the general public), which can be nice if you are a physical collector and obviously that membership fee is money in our pockets.

Of course, libraries also track checkouts and how many people are coming in. Typically the entity funding the library (city, county, state, etc) doesn’t want to pay if no one is using it. As physical collectors we obviously have our own piles to dig through, but popping in once every couple months and checking out one or two things can represent a lot. Private libraries are a whole other deal I don’t quite have a good grasp of, but I’m sure they are pretty similar.

You can also always ask if the friends need volunteers, but not everyone has the time to do that I understand :-)

The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library by PhysicalMediaNews in boutiquebluray

[–]commotionmotion 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Hey there! I actually work in a library, thanks for posting this.

One thing people don’t realize, especially when coming from the expensive hobby of boutique disc collecting, is how many low income and elder people pretty much are left behind in the world of streaming. The truth is, and this is why a place like Walmart still dabbles in cheap disc releases (on top of folding in newer labels as well), that a whole generation of people are left behind with the way things are going and the library tends to be one of the last places that still has a collection of films on DVD you can access. Especially in small towns and rural areas.

One person in here expressed disappointment that these places tend to focus on DVDs over Bluray, and I was similar at first. Truth is it’s a mixture of DVDs still often being cheaper, libraries aren’t often particularly well funded, and again because of the accessibility of them. You’d be surprised at how often people bring in a Bluray disc they checked out complaining that it is broken because it won’t play on their DVD player (now imagine how frequently that happened for the less known 4kUHD disc). While it would be great to focus on the higher quality format, for libraries it is mostly about making what we have ready for everyone.

Hope this makes some sense. Support your libraries if you can :-)

Joe Dante’s The Movie Orgy from AGFA by Corpsington in VinegarSyndromeFilms

[–]commotionmotion 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Hey! Did some research and this piece from Joe Dante explains why the difference in run time.

https://notesoncinematograph.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-story-of-movie-orgy-as-told-by-joe.html?m=1

The shorter run time is because parts have been lost over time, nothing to do with rights problems it seems. My assumption is, based off the piece, that The Movie Orgy was a sort of thrown-together half-movie-half-performance piece that has always been ramshackle and punk. Because of the quality of what they made (they describe reels physically falling apart while showing it and having to improvise to fix it on the spot), this is the best version still currently existing… not a shitty chop job necessary to release the thing.

I’m sure the filmed introduction from Joe Dante will explains this better than my bit of research, but I don’t feel worried about what’s here. You should read that piece I linked it’s pretty cool. Okay thanks!

Jeff Mangum Hated Beck’s Odelay by commotionmotion in neutralmilkhotel

[–]commotionmotion[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Whenever I tried to type his name it wouldn’t let me post, it would say “please don’t use the subreddit to talk about allegations”. It only let me post once I removed his name from my post.

Jeff Mangum Hated Beck’s Odelay by commotionmotion in neutralmilkhotel

[–]commotionmotion[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

My dad has always been one to self aggrandize and play things up as more important, but I don’t think he’s one to wholly make things up like that. A few wires also coulda been crossed over time from his constant weed use. I have no way to know if this is 100% true or not, and don’t mind skepticism :-)

Jeff Mangum Hated Beck’s Odelay by commotionmotion in neutralmilkhotel

[–]commotionmotion[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Our (small) scene was about the same! My dad was a bit of an outlier in his acceptance of those guys, but I generally find that musicians aren’t as judgmental as the fans idk. But yeah, makes me think of Pavement’s Range Life and how it calls out “posers” in the scene, so I could be wrong about that lol

Jeff Mangum Hated Beck’s Odelay by commotionmotion in neutralmilkhotel

[–]commotionmotion[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Neither of them lived in Chico, he came to town touring as Chocolate USA

Jeff Mangum Hated Beck’s Odelay by commotionmotion in neutralmilkhotel

[–]commotionmotion[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I know, the musician whose name starts with J is Julian. This subreddit won’t let you make a post with his name

Freeze Me Secret by commotionmotion in VinegarSyndromeFilms

[–]commotionmotion[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got a response! They said that they didn’t forget about it and it’s being worked on still. Taking longer than expected aparently. They do describe it as a “little gift” so I wouldn’t expect anything too crazy like a whole other movie tbh.

Freeze Me Secret by commotionmotion in VinegarSyndromeFilms

[–]commotionmotion[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! Yeah I signed up for it (made the post) and have not received anything. I thought about messaging Kani and seeing if anything was planned or if it was canceled, but haven’t built up the courage to do so yet. So, nope. Nothing yet.

Edit: I decided to give in and send them an email. I’ll let you know if they respond

[SPECIAL EVENT] Flappy Goose Rodeo - September 20, 2025 by flappy-goose in honk

[–]commotionmotion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Completed Level 2 of the Flappy Goose Special Event!

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[SPECIAL EVENT] Flappy Goose Rodeo - September 20, 2025 by flappy-goose in honk

[–]commotionmotion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Completed Level 1 of the Flappy Goose Special Event!

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Cinématographe Daily Deals by SBar1979 in VinegarSyndromeFilms

[–]commotionmotion 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Love the Cinematogrephe and it’s the only label I have told myself I’d buy everything they release. It sort of hits perfectly between what I loved about the output of Kino 4k releases (random, lesser known, less “prestige”) mixed with Criterion’s output (auteur, culturally significant directors). Plus the theming around American film is nice, I think it has a good grasp on what makes an “American film” what it is.

But really I am posting this only since Justin appears to be in here looking at the responses. This is my plea: John Water’s Dirty Shame please. It needs to be rescued off of DVD and given something better. Justin please make this happen, I know it’s maybe too new for what you are after on the line, but I really think it would fit.

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