Things Not DVD that Should Be
Felix Salmon writes on items the DVD market is ignoring, along with reviews of three tantalizing music video collections grouped by director. He mentions TV documentaries as a genre that's sorely underavailable in the format, and I have to agree. Even in our zillion channel universe, it's amazing to me how some docs show only a few times, then seemingly vanish forever. For example, PBS aired one on '39 New York Worlds Fair back in the late '80s that I would pay serious bucks to have on DVD.
Then again, maybe I shouldn't talk as I'm experiencing a windfall of new arrivals in the DVD stash around here. Last week, I went to Best Buy specifically to purchase the super-packed Adventures of Robin Hood set. While there, I also grabbed a copy of Logan's Run for only $5.99 ($5.99!!). Then over the weekend my family got me a bunch of discs as early birthday presents -- the MST3K Volume 2 box, Imitation of Life (which unfortunately has horrible, horrible picture quality - even worse than the VHS) and What's Up, Tiger Lily?. I've got some serious discwatching to do.
Posted by mhinrichs at October 6, 2003 10:55 AM
that's an interesting article, i'd like to see a dvd set devoted to tim pope or anton corbijn, but maybe that's my nostalgia talking.
what films would top your list of films that are not out on dvd?
