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Richard Brody Makes the Case for Keeping Your DVDs

2023/9/12
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Richard Brody: Netflix停止DVD租赁服务标志着实体媒介的整体衰落。实体媒介能够保护我们免受流媒体服务的摆布，拥有家庭影库如同拥有私人图书馆。DVD播放器仍然是值得投资的，因为DVD格式将会持续存在一段时间。流媒体的兴起导致了观看电影体验的社区性下降，人们失去了在实体店挑选电影、与朋友讨论电影的乐趣。如果发生火灾，我会优先抢救自己珍藏的几部DVD，因为这些电影在其他平台上很难找到。我珍藏的戈达尔版《李尔王》是通过录像带转录到DVD的，因为这部电影在任何其他格式中都不可用。我珍藏的《变色龙街》是一部在其他平台上很少见的独立电影，我很高兴随时可以观看。我珍藏的朱莉安·康普顿导演的两部电影《搁浅》和《诺玛·珍的塑料圆顶》非常珍贵，因为导演的作品鲜为人知，而这两部电影的出现改变了电影史。我珍藏的约翰·卡萨维蒂的五部电影套装非常珍贵，因为这些电影以前很难看到，其中一些电影甚至从未得到过适当的发行，这些电影的消失让我感到恐惧。 Adam Howard: (作为访谈者，Adam Howard没有表达核心论点，而是引导Richard Brody阐述其观点。)

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Netflix is phasing out its DVD rental service, which is a significant loss for cinephiles who rely on physical media to access films not available on streaming platforms.

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At the end of this month, after more than two decades, Netflix is phasing out its DVD-rental business. While that may not come as a surprise given the predominance of streaming platforms, it’s a great loss to cinephiles, according to the New Yorker’s Richard Brody). Streaming services routinely drop titles from circulation, and amazing films may be lost to moviegoers. “Physical media is what protects us from being at the mercy of streaming services for our movies and our music,” Brody says. “It’s like a library at home.” Brody gives the producer Adam Howard a peek into his own personal stash of films, and picks a few DVDs of films he would take with him in a fire: Godard’s “King Lear” (“the greatest film ever made – literally”); “Chameleon Street,” by Wendell B. Harris, Jr.; “Stranded” and “The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean,” by Juleen Compton; and a box set of five films by John Cassavetes.