CinemaOSMovie · 2010 · 0h 27m · NR

Videosyncracy

Dare to be different.

65%(2)IMDbDocumentary

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.

Directed byLulu Hansen, Nadia Nikolic Bowen

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 27m
Language
EN
Released
September 7, 2010

Featuring

Cast & crew

9 credited
Starring

Claire Brandt

Owner of Eddie Brandt's

Donovan Brandt

Owner of Eddie Brandt's

Erik Loysen

Owner of Old Bank DVD

Mark Schumacher

Owner of Old Bank DVD

Patty Polinger

Owner of Vidiots

Cathy Tauber

Owner of Vidiots

Bree Wakeland

Old Bank DVD Clerk

Sean Schlemmer

Vidiots Clerk

Ryan Marker

Vidiots Clerk

Creative team
Directed by
Lulu Hansen
Nadia Nikolic Bowen
Written by
Lulu Hansen
Nadia Nikolic Bowen
Produced by
Liz Singh
Ian Ward

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