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25 Sep

Vancouver’s Black Dog makes list of 50 Cool Video Stores

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Vancouver’s own Black Dog Video is included on a list of “50 cool video stores that still remain (as of this morning).”

In the list, posted at ew.com yesterday (Sept. 24), Tom Roston lists Black Dog, which has two locations in Vancouver, alongside surviving businesses in Santa Monica, Seattle, New York and more. Here’s what Roston says about the store.

“… if you’ve ever been to TIFF or Hot Docs, you know these guys [Canadians] love them some film. Head to Vancouver where Black Dog is still running around. Any store that has Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Monty Python’s Holy Grail and Paradise Lost on its Essential 100 films, has a place in our heart.”

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Klaus Kinski in Werner Herzog’s Aguirre: The Wrath of God.

Roston is the author of I Lost it at the Video Store, an oral history of video stores. The just-published book features interviews with directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith, Darren Aronofsky, David O. Russell, and Nicole Holofcener, who reflect on the influence of the local video store on their lives and careers. You can watch a trailer for the book here.

Black Dog Video is located at 1470 Commercial Dr. and 3451 Cambie St.

Article source: http://www.insidevancouver.ca/2015/09/25/black-dog-video/