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Videosyncracy

Sep 7, 2010
0h 27m
★ 6.5

Dare to be different.

Overview

As the dissociated convenience of the Internet and globalized corporate culture continue to shut down brick-and-mortar video stores, what will happen to the longstanding, local hangouts with their rugged individuals known as clerks and the communities who love them? Videosyncracy follows three very different video rental stores as they negotiate their survival in three distinct Los Angeles neighborhoods: Old Bank DVD in the Downtown arts district, Vidiots in sunny seaside Santa Monica, and Eddie Brandt’s Saturday Matinee in bustling North Hollywood. Their stories chronicle not only the birth and twilight of a particular kind of corner store, but also decades of personal lives intertwined with those of their communities, the new challenges and facilities of a rapidly changing world, and an enduring love of the movies, a slice of Americana on the brink of disappearance yet defiant to the end.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Claire Brandt

Owner of Eddie Brandt's

Claire Brandt

Donovan Brandt

Owner of Eddie Brandt's

Donovan Brandt

Erik Loysen

Owner of Old Bank DVD

Erik Loysen

Mark Schumacher

Owner of Old Bank DVD

Mark Schumacher

Patty Polinger

Owner of Vidiots

Patty Polinger

Cathy Tauber

Owner of Vidiots

Cathy Tauber

Bree Wakeland

Old Bank DVD Clerk

Bree Wakeland

Sean Schlemmer

Vidiots Clerk

Sean Schlemmer

Ryan Marker

Vidiots Clerk

Ryan Marker

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