Wet Coast Journals

Pot luck at the library

Who needs a video store when you have the public library?

I love going to the library to see what videos and dvds are available. Instead of the boring, bland selection of month-old movies and made-for-video generic titles you get a really eclectic mix at the library. You'll find episodes of cheesy 60s sitcoms, modern European films, Hollywood classics from the 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, documentaries, children's stories, musicals, BBC television series, and who knows what else.

It's like a potluck. You go there with the videos and dvds you've been watching this week, and you see what's available this week. There's always a completely different mix because so many other people are doing the same thing.

For example, in the past few weeks I've taken out:

• the complete first season of the Larry Sanders Show on dvd
• the first four episodes of The Sopranos on dvd
• Pulp Fiction
• The Return of the Thin Man
• The Tailor of Panama
• Diamonds are Forever
• Five Children and It
• Hammer House of Horror (four schlock horror films on one dvd

and numerous others.

Best of all, it's free. And, of course, since it's a library, you'll be sure to find a good book or three to take out at the same time. Try to do that at Rogers or Blockbuster.

Posted by wetcoast at August 30, 2003 11:11 AM