"That the number of video stores around the world is on the decline isn’t exactly breaking news. ... But just because Blockbuster couldn’t keep its iconic blue awnings hanging doesn’t mean there aren’t some intrepid entrepreneurs (and diehard cinephiles) taking a cue from their digital counterparts and finding ways to not just survive in the age of Netflix, but thrive.
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Though the store measures just 375 square feet, basement storage allows Hillis - a noted film critic in his own right - to keep approximately 10,000 discs on hand. But rather than compete against the same wide-release films and television series that one can watch with the click of a button and an $8.99 streaming subscription, Hillis is curating a library of hard-to-find fare. “After the floodgates of the Internet opened, we’re now drowning in content and especially mediocrity,” Hillis says. “Video Free Brooklyn’s model is almost a no-brainer: My inventory is heavily curated, but so is my staff, all of whom work in the film industry and have extensive, nerdy knowledge about cinema. Coming into the shop is about nostalgia, the joy of discovery, and getting catered recommendations from passionate cinephiles. It’s a hangout, like the record store in High Fidelity.”"
Um de vários exemplos em "
Not Dead Yet: How Some Video Stores Are Thriving in the Age of Netflix". Uma recordação de
Clausewitz:
"The key to von Clausewitz’s thinking lay in his “dialectical” method, his sense that in the real world there were always at least two opposing or mutually exclusive ways of thinking about something - perhaps two theories or heuristics. He thought of strategizing in terms of natural language and its openness to surprise and creativity rather than formal language and deterministic theory. The Clausewitzian world is one of trade-offs—matters of practice inevitably involving judgments supported by, but never dictated by, analysis."
