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Post by gorepolice on May 30, 2012 11:53:50 GMT -5
www.madmuseum.org/series/vhs"First introduced by the president of JVC on September 9, 1976, VHS (Video Home System) emerged as the winner of a battle for a consumer videotape format. Beating out Betamax and VX, VHS become the global standard in a watershed shift in the methods in which cinema was viewed, created, and curated. No longer limited to viewing films at specific times on television or in theaters, with VHS audiences could choose how and when they would watch their favorite movies. VHS fostered the expansion of cinema into new aspects of daily life, resulting in an explosion of new cinematic genres and techniques, the video store, and an impressive increase in audiences. While Hollywood film studios originally feared VHS, with head of the Motion Picture Association of America Jack Valenti famously testifying before congress, “The VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone,” they quickly embraced the large revenue stream created by the video rental market. This new source of funding also eventually supported the rise of the American independent film market, with small companies like Miramax and New Line Cinema transforming over time into major industry figures. In celebration of this influential medium, the Museum of Arts and Design presents VHS, a three-month survey of the short-lived video revolution. VHS screenings include a wide array of VHS offerings, including rare genre films, bootleg rock concert videos, independent works by the likes of Todd Haynes, Troma Video, and Nam June Paik, live workout classes by Richard Simmons and Susan Powter, and lost public access gems. In honor of its VHS series, MAD has also recreated a video rental store within its walls. In its exploration of the mutliple facets of the format, VHS demonstrates the impact of this technology on the history of cinema." VHS is organized by Jake Yuzna, Manager of Public Programs, with Matthew Desiderio and Rebecca Cleman. I have to go to this. I just have to!
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Post by endo on May 30, 2012 17:18:55 GMT -5
Like to check that out as well, but I'll probably never have the time to. Assuming this is in NY?
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Post by NDX on May 30, 2012 18:40:44 GMT -5
How long is this going on for? I have time off after June 16th, wouldn't mind seeing this on one of those pay what you will Thursdays.
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Post by gorepolice on May 30, 2012 23:10:12 GMT -5
Running from June to August. They're gonna have a rental store and screenings of some really weird ass movies. I wanna go for Hellroller and Tales From The Quadead Zone.
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Post by NDX on May 31, 2012 0:35:47 GMT -5
What is this I don't even...
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Post by gorepolice on May 31, 2012 1:12:57 GMT -5
Horrendously bad SOV flick by the one and only Chester Novell Turner, who also shot the masterpiece known as Black Devil Doll From Hell (which inspired the dreadful Black Devil Doll that came out a few years ago).
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