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I never go to the movies at all any more or buy media, rather I bought an HD projector and I avidly torrent films. The problem is that the canon of great cinema
by Mediterraneo10 5y ago
I never go to the movies at all any more or buy media, rather I bought an HD projector and I avidly torrent films. The problem is that the canon of great cinema is so many titles that people in my Eastern European country couldn’t realistically afford it, even if they have become squarely middle class. For example, just the classic films from the 1950s and 1960s (e.g. the French New Wave, Kurosawa, Ozu, Ray, etc.) already add up to over 600 titles. At a cost of, say, 15€ per DVD/Blu-ray, that makes 9000€, about a year’s salary for me.
- WalterBright 5y agoI have the Bluray plan on Netflix, and the local public library has lots more DVDs I can borrow for free. In addition, the local cable has TCM which runs older classic movies. Between the three of them, I am able to see pretty much whatever I want. I also set up a home theater in the basement. The HD projector was somewhere around $3xx from Amazon. The big screen was $50 from Amazon, and about $50 of lumber to make a frame for it. The sound system was $40 from the thrift store. It's as good as seeing a movie in the theater!