Editing Video Archives

{{Short description|Video rental store}}
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'''Video Archives''' was a video rental store located in [[Manhattan Beach, California]], and later moved to [[Hermosa Beach, California]], owned and managed by Lance Lawson and Rick Humbert.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-11-ca-37458-story.html|title=COVER STORY : A Chat With Mr. Mayhem : Quentin Tarantino quickly acquired quite the reputation for violence. His 1992 film 'Reservoir Dogs' was a cult hit. Now comes 'Pulp Fiction.' Is he trying to outgun himself or all of Hollywood?|date=September 11, 1994|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

== History ==
Filmmakers [[Quentin Tarantino]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/10/20/the-movie-lover|title=The Movie Lover|first=Larissa|last=MacFarquhar|magazine=The New Yorker|date=13 October 2003 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/reviews/movies|title=Movie Reviews|date=July 16, 2020|work=[[New York Times]]}}</ref> [[Roger Avary]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.tarantino.info/index.php/Roger_Avary|title=Roger Avary - The Quentin Tarantino Archives|date=2008-05-11|publisher=tarantino.info|access-date=2015-11-22}}</ref> and [[Daniel J. Snyder|Daniel Snyder]]<ref name="LAT">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jul-18-et-scriptland18-story.html|title=Producers, writers face huge chasm|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=July 18, 2007|first=Jay A.|last=Fernandez}}</ref> worked at Video Archives before becoming successful in the film industry. The store was also frequented by screenwriters [[Josh Olson]], [[Jeff Maguire]], [[John Langley]], and [[Danny Strong]].

Video Archives closed in 1995, and Tarantino purchased its video inventory and rebuilt the store in his home.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |title=Ex-Video Store Clerks Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary Launch Podcast to Talk VHS Tapes |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/ex-video-store-clerks-quentin-tarantino-roger-avary-launch-podcast-to-talk-vhs-tapes-1362035/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=17 August 2022 |date=2 June 2022}}</ref>

In a 1994 interview with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', Tarantino called it "the best video store in the Los Angeles area", saying "Video Archives is like LA.’s answer to the ''[[Cahiers du Cinéma]]''".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Wild |first=David |date=1994-11-03 |title=Quentin Tarantino: The Madman of Movie Mayhem |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/quentin-tarantino-the-madman-of-movie-mayhem-186995/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1992, Roger Avary described it as "less a video store than a film school [...] we'd have these intense, eight-hour-long arguments about cinema. Customers would walk in and they'd get into it. It became this big clubhouse of film making—and probably the best film-making experience anyone could ever get."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mcalevey |first=Peter |date=1992-12-06 |title=All's Well That Ends Gruesomely |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/06/magazine/alls-well-that-ends-gruesomely.html |access-date=2024-04-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Video Archives is also the namesake of the Video Archives Cinema Club, the 20-seat micro-cinema at the Tarantino-owned [[Vista Theatre (Los Angeles)|Vista Theatre]].

== Podcast ==
On July 19, 2022, Tarantino and Avary launched a podcast named after Video Archives called ''The Video Archives Podcast with Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary'', in which they revisit movies from the store and discuss the films.<ref>{{cite web|title=Quentin Tarantino Talks About Nearly Casting Mickey Rourke As The 'Death Proof' Lead & Making Stage Play Versions Of His Films|url=https://theplaylist.net/quentin-tarantino-mickey-rourke-death-proof-stage-play-versions-films-20210630/|access-date=2021-07-11|website=theplaylist.net|date=30 June 2021 |archive-date=2021-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711161819/https://theplaylist.net/quentin-tarantino-mickey-rourke-death-proof-stage-play-versions-films-20210630/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=June 2, 2022|title=Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary Set to Launch 'The Video Archives Podcast'|url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/quentin-tarantino-roger-avary-video-archives-podcast-1235283963/|access-date=June 7, 2022|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archive-date=June 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603184233/https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/quentin-tarantino-roger-avary-video-archives-podcast-1235283963/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=19 July 2022 |title=Listen to the First Episode of Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary's Video Archives Podcast |url=https://thefilmstage.com/listen-to-the-first-episode-of-quentin-tarantino-and-roger-avarys-video-archives-podcast/}}</ref> They also discuss the films with producer Gala Avary and guests such as [[Eli Roth]] and former employees of Video Archives.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-26 |title=The Video Archives Podcast with Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary |url=https://podnews.net/podcast/ia0si |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=podnews.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sturges |first=Fiona |date=2022-07-25 |title=Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary reminisce in Video Archives podcast — review |url=https://www.ft.com/content/660bee72-196a-4dee-b230-57c39f792445 |access-date=2024-12-19 |work=Financial Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-17 |title=Roger Avary Movies: What To Know About Joe Rogan's Podcast Guest with Quentin Tarantino |url=https://decider.com/2024/12/17/roger-avary-movies-quentin-tarantino/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==
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== See also ==
*[[Cinephilia]]
*[[Postmodernist film]]

==External links==
* [https://thebedlamfiles.com/commentary/r-i-p-video-archives/ RIP Video Archives by Adam Groves]
* [http://toddmecklem.com/quentin.html Memories of Quentin Tarantino and Video Archives by Todd Mecklem]
* [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/quentin-tarantino-refuses-to-use-netflix-still-records-films-from-tv-to-vhs-cassette-a6669006.html Quentin Tarantino buys Video Archives' inventory]
* [https://www.youtube.com/@videoarchivespodcast Official YouTube channel]

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