©Drafthouse Films Kim’s Video : Physical media reigns supreme in KIM’S VIDEO, an elegiac tribute to the iconic video store in New York City that inspired a generation of cinephiles before it mysteriously closed its doors and sent its legendary film archive to a small and slightly dubious Sicilian village for “safekeeping.” But what starts…
For two decades, cinema lovers of the Big Apple found their Mecca in St Mark’s Place, in the treasure trove of rare motion pictures known as Kim’s Video. This rental shop amassed 55,000 titles, but in 2008 with the advent of the digital era people no longer rented videos and the destiny of this venerable…
Those who enjoy cult and rare original VHS tapes or DVDs and reside in New York will remember the story of Kim’s Video. Although the East Village establishment closed in 2014, its rental collection (which left NYC in 2008 after the closing of Mondo Kim’s) has recently returned to Alamo Drafthouse’s Lower Manhattan location. Physical…
Synopsis : With the ghosts of cinema past leading his way, cinephile and filmmaker David Redmon sets off on a seemingly quixotic quest to find a legendary lost video collection of 55,000 movies in Sicily. Genre: Documentary Original Language: English Director: David Redmon, Ashely Sabin Writer: David Redmon, Ashely Sabin Runtime: 1h 28m Exclusive Interview with…
The Sundance Film Festival brings audiences back to the theaters in Park City after two years of employing the virtual model. With that in mind it seems appropriate to dive right into “Kim’s Video” a documentary about the video store which satisfied the New York City cinephiles for almost more than two decades. Located on…
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