VIDEOSYNCRATIC A book about life In video shops eBook JON SPIRA Susie Dent
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"Videosyncratic is a memoir both of one
man’s passion and of the rise and fall of the
video industry, the story of dreams fulfilled
and then toppled. It’s funny, unexpected,
and unwaveringly honest." - Susie Dent
VHS vs Betamax, toploaders, video nasties, late fees, the art of adjusting the tracking. These are things only recently forgotten by society, along with the culture of the video rental shop.
VIDEOSYNCRATIC does for video shops what 'Kitchen Confidential' did for restaurants. It's a rough-and-tumble insider's view of an industry which spanned from the early 80s through the 00s.
Film-maker and writer Jon Spira spills the beans about his thirty-odd years in the video rental industry from wide-eyed child of the aisles to teenage obsessive to laconic till jockey to stressed-out manager to badly-behaved owner. From the birth to the death of the video shop, he was there in corporate shops, local chains and proud indies.
It has everything you could want from a book on video shops - corporate sleaze, indie hijinks, triumph, failure, grown adults being dragged out of shops by their ears, awkward sex in the VHS section and film geekery of the highest order.
It features a foreword from lexicographer and star of TV's Countdown Susie Dent.
VIDEOSYNCRATIC A book about life In video shops eBook JON SPIRA Susie Dent
Full disclaimer I had no idea what Videosyncratic was or who Jon Spira is. I saw this intriguing book on Kickstarter, so I backed it. And as you can tell by my rating I was not disappointed.The book being about the rise and fall of the UK video rental industry is what captured my attention. I was expecting a story about a video store that started at the very start and went to the very end with all the trials along the way (VHS vs Beta to online streaming). I was interested to see if there were similarities to the Canadian video rental industry. I know a good chunk of British film culture but I was afraid that I may not understand some of it (It ended up not being an issue, but I did have to look up the word "phwoar").
Instead of my expectations, I was given something different. The story of Jon. A man close to my age and grew up with the same passion for film. Instead of similarities between Canadian and UK video rental industry I ended up having more similarities with Jon. From youthful days of walking video store aisles memorizing Warner Brothers box art to having 9/11 put a hurdle in our film industry careers. As Jon provided his experiences of growing up with the video industry, I relived similar moments (creating my VHS collection, finding the legendary warehouse that had every movie ever made, seeing the first DVD, etc).
I was able to live vicariously as Jon decided to create the greatest video rental store and take on corporations like Blockbuster. It was also a pleasant surprise to hear that in-between all of these analogue moments, that Jon wrote for the Canadian series Lexx.
There are a lot of great takeaways from this book about life, passion and how it grows, dies & evolves. Anyone wanting a reminder of the video store days will love this book and you'll feel like Jon is a long lost brother.
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VIDEOSYNCRATIC A book about life In video shops eBook JON SPIRA Susie Dent Reviews
An absolutely delightful stroll down memory lane, for those of us alive during the time. Plus a bit of "Clerks". Well worth the price, and the time it takes to read it. Kudos!
Full disclaimer I had no idea what Videosyncratic was or who Jon Spira is. I saw this intriguing book on Kickstarter, so I backed it. And as you can tell by my rating I was not disappointed.
The book being about the rise and fall of the UK video rental industry is what captured my attention. I was expecting a story about a video store that started at the very start and went to the very end with all the trials along the way (VHS vs Beta to online streaming). I was interested to see if there were similarities to the Canadian video rental industry. I know a good chunk of British film culture but I was afraid that I may not understand some of it (It ended up not being an issue, but I did have to look up the word "phwoar").
Instead of my expectations, I was given something different. The story of Jon. A man close to my age and grew up with the same passion for film. Instead of similarities between Canadian and UK video rental industry I ended up having more similarities with Jon. From youthful days of walking video store aisles memorizing Warner Brothers box art to having 9/11 put a hurdle in our film industry careers. As Jon provided his experiences of growing up with the video industry, I relived similar moments (creating my VHS collection, finding the legendary warehouse that had every movie ever made, seeing the first DVD, etc).
I was able to live vicariously as Jon decided to create the greatest video rental store and take on corporations like Blockbuster. It was also a pleasant surprise to hear that in-between all of these analogue moments, that Jon wrote for the Canadian series Lexx.
There are a lot of great takeaways from this book about life, passion and how it grows, dies & evolves. Anyone wanting a reminder of the video store days will love this book and you'll feel like Jon is a long lost brother.
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