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Selected by Kirkus Reviews as one of the Best Indie Books of 2015. Filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith, and Darren Aronofsky, who came of age during the reign of video rentals, discuss an era of cinema history which, though gone, continues to shape film culture today.

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This is a book that was waiting to happen, and fortunately it was Tom Roston who wrote it. After we lost it at the movies, a later era of cinephiles lost it at the video store, and this is their story in their words-nostalgic, vivid, and important, because video germinated a new generation of great filmmakers. -Peter Biskind, author of Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film Informative, hilarious, a little sad, but mostly just exuberant: This chronicle of a lost era details not just how the video-rental revolution shaped a generation of filmmakers, but how it changed the ways we watch and talk about film. It may even make you nostalgic for rewinding. -Stephanie Zacharek, Chief Film Critic, The Village Voice A Proustian madeleine of a book, I Lost It at the Video Store celebrates the images and textures of a nearly-gone era, as well as examining its importance to a generation of artists. -Matt Zoller Seitz, editor-in-chief, RogerEbert.com What a terrific read. It's a blast to revisit those (delightful, maddening) hours I spent trying to pick a movie, from the perspective of Tarantino, Sayles, and the rest of the all-star cast Tom Roston has assembled. These smart, funny, and sometimes-clashing voices from the other side of the VHS box reveal how video-store culture worked, how it influenced filmmaking, and what's lost and gained in the streaming world that's replacing it. The result is an entertaining story that goes way beyond nostalgia: It will make you appreciate why the video-shop era mattered, whether you lived through it or not. -Rob Walker, author of Buying In: What We Buy and Who We Are

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