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I used to live in Iran when I was a child and we had the equivalent of this but for VHS tapes. Once a week, a man with a large suitcase would come by our house.
by rezashirazian 10y ago
I used to live in Iran when I was a child and we had the equivalent of this but for VHS tapes. Once a week, a man with a large suitcase would come by our house. He would set his suitcase on the table, open it up and show us his collection of American and Europeans (and very illegal) movies.
My mom would pick 5-6 and return the tapes we borrowed from the week before. I was very young back then but I remember it vividly. I'd always beg my mom to pick at least one cartoon or a kids movie.
- pradn 10y agoIn Jafar Panahi's excellent film Taxi - a faux-documentary about a taxi driver's day in Tehran, where the driver is played by the director himself - you can see a bootleg video peddler take a ride to a client's place. He even defends his actions to the director (who he recognizes) as promoting free speech.
- lerpa 10y agoThere is a documentary called "Chuck Norris vs. Communism" on Netflix about this.
- jakub_h 10y agoVery illegal in Europe or very illegal in Iran?
- abricot 10y agoTake a wild guess...