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Tag: VHS tapes

My Wall of VHS

Film
By Julia Marchese | October 24, 2023
By Julia Marchese | October 24, 2023

My Wall of VHS

Filmmaker Julia Marchese writes a heartfelt essay about her deep love of home entertainment's answer to vinyl.

How Horror Movies and Rave Culture Made Me the Filmmaker I Am Today

Film
By Chino Moya | May 10, 2021
By Chino Moya | May 10, 2021

How Horror Movies and Rave Culture Made Me the Filmmaker I Am Today

Undergods writer-director Chino Moya on the unusual childhood and adolescent experiences that shaped him and his work.

How a Video Store Became My Film School in ’90s Brazil

Film
By David Charles Rodrigues | May 8, 2020
By David Charles Rodrigues | May 8, 2020

How a Video Store Became My Film School in ’90s Brazil

Director David Charles Rodrigues never got any formal film education. Instead, he learned everything from his favorite video-store clerk, Cláudio.

My Porno Tape Story

Film
By Dan Gregor | May 9, 2018
By Dan Gregor | May 9, 2018

My Porno Tape Story

Dan Gregor connects the dots between his first contact with porn, Tim Conway videos, Zelda and his new movie, Most Likely to Murder.

Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze) Talks François Simard, Anouk Whissell and Yoann-Karl Whissell’s Turbo Kid

Film
By Yung Chang | August 27, 2015
By Yung Chang | August 27, 2015

Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze) Talks François Simard, Anouk Whissell and Yoann-Karl Whissell’s Turbo Kid

This '80s retro teen flick by the so-called Roadkill Superstars collective prompts major flashbacks for a filmmaker raised on a diet of VHS.

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