Rewind This! Dir. Josh Johnson Filmbuff This poster.jpg
[Filmbuff; 2013]  3.5 / 5 (0)  Styles: documentary Others: Best
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Rewind This! - Filmbuff  As much an ode to a bygone era as it is
a profile on the machines that drove it, Rewind This! fondly
looks back at the VHS boom of the 80s and 90s and its impact on
media, fandom, and society. Director Josh Johnson uses recent
interviews and archival footage (most transferred from grainy
VHS tapes) to trace the rise of VHS in our culture, its demise
at the hands of digital media and distribution, and the acolytes
it left behind. Rewind This! isn’t just an excuse for a clip and
box art delivery system of cult films and forgotten WTF gems;
it’s also a clever examination of changing attitudes in our
culture — and just happens to have more than a few scenes of
Japanese pornography.  Johnson interviews various filmmakers,
journalists, and aficionados in his exploration of what home
video really meant to the worl