At the Video Store

Oct 11, 2019

1h 12m

★ 10.0

Behold the human algorithm

Overview

Equal parts personal essay, intense rumination, and playful satire, this movie laments the death of the American Video Store while it searches for the missing human element in today's digital landscape.

Genres

Documentary

At the Video Store Trailers

Cast

Self

Bill Hader

Self

John Waters

Self

Gus Van Sant

Self

Todd Haynes

Self (archival footage)

Abel Ferrara

Self

Alex Ross Perry

Self

Thelma Schoonmaker

Self

Penelope Spheeris

Self

Danny Peary

Young James Westby

Shade Streeter

Self

Lance Bangs

Self

Nicole Holofcener

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