Posted by Fred C. Dobbs on 09/18/05 22:08

On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 01:15:03 -0800, "G. M. Watson"
<gmgw@pop2.intergate.ca> wrote:

>
>OK, the significant other and I are heading to Los Angeles in a couple of
>weeks for our first visit in 13(!) years (used to go there quite often back
>in the 80s, before the Canuck buck collapsed)--- so I have a request for any
>SoCal film nuts out there: I need recommendations for LA-area DVD stores
>with good-to-excellent selections of foreign, silent, classic, and musical
>documentary films, or just obscure stuff in general. Sales, not rental. So
>far I know of Vidiots and Cinefile, both in Santa Monica; I'm not impressed
>with their Web sites, but they certainly appear to be worth a visit anyway.
>But there must be others as well.
>I remember, back in the day, Videotheque in Beverly Hills used to be pretty
>good (but it appears to be long gone), and Eddie Brandt's still seems to be
>primarily rental, not sales. If you need a point of reference, Scarecrow
>Video in Seattle is as good a vid-store as I've ever been in.
>
>So have at it, anyone. I need suggestions and I need them soon.
>
>On an OT note, suggestions of good CD stores would also be welcome
>(especially ones with good selections of world music). Is Aron's still
>around?
>
>One more question: Who's got the best prices on Criterion DVDs in the LA
>area?
>
>Thanx
>GMW


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