Quality Video Stores?

[flwyd]

Greetings, everyone. I'm a Boulder transplant, so I grew up with The Video Station, the most awesome place to rent movies for a thousand miles at least. Now I live in Golden and I'd like to find a place that won't look at me funny if I mention D. W. Griffiths or (if I'm lucky) Yasujiro Ozu.

Westword gave The Bohemian Bean a rave review, but it's almost as far as The Video Station, and sixty miles (30 round trip for pickup and dropoff) seems a bit of a silly drive for a movie. Are there any stores I should check out in the west metro area? I'd like to avoid Blockbuster's ploy to get me to watch the same hit movies as everyone else.

Be seeing you.

Edit: Oops. This was supposed to go to denver. In response to the two lovely folks who've commented so far, I dislike Netflix for a few reasons. First, at my recent cinematic rate, buying used DVDs might be more cost-effective than a regular Netflix subscription. Second, and more fundamentally, I like to choose exactly what movie I want to watch. Despite the glorious selection of NetFlix, you can't use it to plan a movie night. You can't say "Hey, let's have a Versions of Dracula night next Friday!" or "Hey, wanna come to my Tuesday Hitchcock night?" So while it's a cool way to go through the classics or check out some recommendations, it's a far cry from a replacement for a good video store or library. (Hmm. I wonder what kind of movie selection the Denver Public Library has...)

Comments

[mythicsagefire.livejournal.com]

Netflix is your friend.....
seriously, its the best place to get avant guarde and independent movies aside from Video Station. We also have a realy nice rental store down the street from us - Theater Video. Rental prices are good and they really try to please because they are a small independent. I am not sure what they have in the way of off-the-main-drag sorta movies - they supplement our Netflix rather nicely when we need them to.

[stephanova.livejournal.com]

There used to be a place behind Old C's on Youngfield and 32nd, but I don't know if it is there anymore. It was locally owned and I think had at least some different kinds of movies.

I am a Netflix convert too, though. No late fees, they have lots of random TV shows and a whole slew of indie, foreign type stuff for $20 a month. I do it instead of cable. (and if you have a dvd burner... well... you can see where i'm going with that... )

I have, however, heard good things about the Bohemian Bean in terms of live music. It might be something cool to check out sometime. Also, the person who does PR for them has a LiveJournal, so it must be cool.

[evilfuzzymonste.livejournal.com]

The Denver Public Library main branch has a fantastic selection, and inter-library loan makes it darn near unbeatable.

My two cents.

~ Tanith

[slyviolet.livejournal.com]

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[flwyd.livejournal.com]

Silly Obscure Non Sequitur?

It could even be Sonic Youth Hostel Takeover. I love it.

*huggiez*

[slyviolet.livejournal.com]

Super Sonic Youth Hostel Takeover.