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["K. Jo Garner" <kelly AT metalab.unc.edu>]

On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Chris Hedemark wrote:
->On Wednesday, December 18, 2002, at 09:05 PM, zman wrote:
->
->> Yeah, blockbuster is pretty much the king of censorship...
->
->In what way?

Try finding a lot of gay and lesbian titles there. Not gonna happen. Also 
try finding off the wall documentaries (Michael Moore doesn't count), 
experimental films, underground/indie films or shorts. Not gonna happen. 
It's guaranteed to be there - unless it's not a mainstream/relatively 
mainstream film, yo. 

Try finding the 1990 Richard Harris movie "The Field" - "well, our 
computer says we have it, try over at the other store" - "well, our 
computer says we have it, but we don't" &c... - augh!

Not that it's wrong for a store to only carry mainstream stuff. But like 
Wal-Marts who only sell the "clean" versions of CDs and video games it 
seems Blockbuster has opted to remove large segments of the filmmaking 
community from their shopping population. 

Makes me long for a VisArt in Raleigh. Anyone know why they haven't jumped 
over here yet? North American tries, but doesn't really cut it (although I 
have been enjoying going through the AFI Top 100 from their selection at 
the Mission Valley store...)

Cheers
KJ