Overall rating: 4.3076925 / 5 from 13 reviews.
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"I really enjoyed this doc. Hearing from both big fans of boutique collecting and the ones who provide us with these awesome restorations was really insightful. It’s cool to get a glimpse at what their processes are like and how they got started. Also the bonus features are great too! I love Something Weird so the tour of their shop was a nice treat."
"Aside from being a small documentary about home video and the movie rental market, it talks about how a lot of boutique independent labels are keeping movies alive for a new generation of fans."
"A nice documentary that shows off the niche collector market of boutique bluray labels. Showcasing the birth and beginning of several major labels back to what some say the 1st "criterion" to the newer ones of the last few years from all sides of the world. If your a fan already most information might already be known to you, but still a fun watch to waste alil over an hour."
"I've been waiting to see this documentary for a long time. Thank you so much for releasing it. It's nice for us collectors to have a voice"
"Nice film about boutique Blu-ray labels, with the most emphasis on VS and Severin. Pretty decent film with tons of enthusiasm, but for god's sake get someone to proofread your subtitles! They are embarrassing!"
"Great documentary that really does a good job with information about all the different boutique labels!"
"Nothing life changing here but a solid look at how boutique labels started."
"I was expecting this to be more thorough than it actually was, but it still had some good interview footage, while covering a decent part of the boutique scene. It includes some specific scenes featuring Vinegar Syndrome, and some of its key figures, such as Joe Rubin and Oscar. Other labels touched upon include Severin, Something Weird, Criterion, and Shout Factory. For whatever reason, a lot of the film clips they show, despite having remastered boutique versions, use old, lesser quality footage. Another interesting note is, even though this is only 2 years old, some of the films shown as being unavailable in a modern release, have actually now had one. Towards the end the political bent of the director does creep in, with the focus switching to certain minority groups, including completely unnecessary and ill-conceived inserts of hardcore gay porn scenes. A lot of defunct and important labels such as Scorpion and Code Red aren't covered at all, and the film jumps from the VHS and DVD eras to the modern one, with hardly any time spent talking about the HD/blu ray transition, let alone 4k. So don't expect this to be any kind of in-depth deep dive into every label and give details about home video every step of the way. It's more the jump around and cover a bit of this and that type of doc. The best extra is an extended tour of the Something Weird Video offices/residence of the former owner's widow, which shows their vast collection of film and pop culture related collectibles and ephemera. For a much better doc about the film preservation done by boutiques, check out the Against the Grain documentary included in the VS Lost Picture Show set."
"I genuinely loved this documentary, only compliment I wish it's longer"
"If you love boutique labels it's a must-see."
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