• When I started to collect movies you had to

    search through endless 2nd hand shops to find what you wanted and felt that you had earned the pleasure of watching and experiencing what you had discovered (see also record collecting)

    Add to this - scan the telly listings to dig out something rare that was being shown at an obscene hour!

  • When I was 16/17 and really into film, channel 4 used to show really great foreign movies late at night. I guess they use film4 for that now but to be honest I don't have the time/attention span to sit in front of the TV at a specific time to watch something.

    One that I remember that I really enjoyed was "Harry, he's here to help", a Hitchcock style thriller about an obsessive ex-classmate (maybe) who just turns up in a couples life one day and the tension slowly ratchets up. It looks like the whole film is on youtube but without subtitles, if anyone speaks French.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQycg_pX5zc

    https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/with_a_friend_like_harry/

  • I still go through the listings, but only for a couple of particular channels now. Rest of it finding out about and then finding on the 'tube or a DVD.

    London Live, suprisingly, show all manner of great British oddities and rare films amongst the utter shit they usually show. Talking Pictures TV - finally managed to get a copy of the 1948 version of Casbah from them. Had been after that for YEARS.

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