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Requiem for a Video Store
By Alison Willmore
, Matt Singer
on 10/20/2008
Kim's Video on St. Marks
Kim's Video, the venerable New York City store famous for its massive, esoteric and not always legal collection of movies as well as its judgmental staff, is shutting down its rental business. This week on the IFC News podcast, we look at the legend of Kim's, the decline of video stores in general, and, with it, the passing of the fabled video store clerk turned self-taught director.
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I came across your podcast on IMDb and Matt, you are spot on.
The one place that I discovered to replace the indy video store is the local library. The selection is diverse, most have dvd and vhs, it is free and usually no limit on how many you can check out.
Cheers