Originally published at: David Cronenberg and Terry Gilliam visit a video store | Boing Boing
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I’m not sure I’d want to put any movie selected by David Cronenberg into my VCR.
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Think how much you could learn from Brian O’Blivion.
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Remember going to a video store in the 1980s with your film nerd friend who was always after you to watch more of those ahtsy european guys? That was fun, wasn’t it?
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It’s not even the only one…
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There’s one on the west coast as well.
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Still got them in the UK too:
(Whoever took this photo must have been stood inside the building opposite, the street is only about 2m wide)
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Of course, with bad eyesight that sign could be read as “20th CENTURY FUCKS VIDEO SHOP” and it would still be largely correct. Perhaps it was the owner’s intention, all along.
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I was today years old when I realized that one guy in Star Trek: Discovery is played by David Cronenberg. I don’t pay a lot of attention to credits.
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Part of it is also just not expecting to see that person in that context. It was similar for me with Werner Herzog in The Mandalorian
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For me, it was mostly that I didn’t know what David Cronenberg looked like and that I didn’t pay attention to the credits. Herzog I recognized immediately.
Perhaps it was shot by Terry Gilliam? He’s famous for shooting with ultra-wide-angle lenses:
The 14 mm lens has become informally known as “The Gilliam” among filmmakers because of his frequent use of it at least since Brazil.
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