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The format may be long obsolete, but millennial geeks are revelling in the grainy, outrageous joy of VHS.
Video cassettes upended the way we watched television and movies, but in the modern world of HD, Blu-ray and VOD, tape seems tapped out. Yet a handful of rabid geeks adore the format, not just for its mercurial quality but for the weird and wonderful stuff that can only be found on video.
Fun and insightful, Rewind This! reveals how VHS led to the democratisation of the film industry, as small studios churned out the beloved schlock and amateur oddities now coveted by hardcore obsessives. Director Josh Johnson unites the fanatics, archivists and filmmakers (including Lloyd Kaufman and Atom Egoyan) for this twisted love letter to the video tape.
"A must-see for all cinephiles that came of age during the VHS era." – Indiewire
D Josh Johnson P Carolee Mitchell WS Film Buff L English, Japanese w/English subtitles TD DCP/2013