Videosyncracy (2010)

Videosyncracy (2010)

Dare to be different. 2010-09-07 27 Min. PG-13
6.5 2 votes

Overview

As the dissociated convenience of the Internet and globalized corporate culture continue to shut down brick-and-mortar video stores, what will happen to the longstanding, local hangouts with their rugged individuals known as clerks and the communities who love them? Videosyncracy follows three very different video rental stores as they negotiate their survival in three distinct Los Angeles neighborhoods: Old Bank DVD in the Downtown arts district, Vidiots in sunny seaside Santa Monica, and Eddie Brandt’s Saturday Matinee in bustling North Hollywood. Their stories chronicle not only the birth and twilight of a particular kind of corner store, but also decades of personal lives intertwined with those of their communities, the new challenges and facilities of a rapidly changing world, and an enduring love of the movies, a slice of Americana on the brink of disappearance yet defiant to the end.

Cast

Claire Brandt is Owner of Eddie Brandt's
Owner of Eddie Brandt's
Donovan Brandt is Owner of Eddie Brandt's
Owner of Eddie Brandt's
Erik Loysen is Owner of Old Bank DVD
Owner of Old Bank DVD
Mark Schumacher is Owner of Old Bank DVD
Owner of Old Bank DVD
Patty Polinger is Owner of Vidiots
Owner of Vidiots
Cathy Tauber is Owner of Vidiots
Owner of Vidiots
Bree Wakeland is Old Bank DVD Clerk
Old Bank DVD Clerk
Sean Schlemmer is Vidiots Clerk
Vidiots Clerk
Ryan Marker is Vidiots Clerk
Vidiots Clerk