Inspired by Tom Roston's oral history ‘I Lost it at the Video Store’, this playful feature length documentary uses a deep local focus to show how VHS changed art forever. As the video shop era fades to black, Rainbow Video delves into the eclectic personal collections and practices of some of Melbourne's most renowned contemporary media artists. Through lively interviews and site studies of many legendary, now defunct video shops, Rainbow Video uncovers a secret history of a brief but impactful era.
Jessie Scott
Director
Philip Brophy
Ian Haig
Cassandra Tytler
Xanthe Dobbie
Jean Lizza
Diego Ramirez
Spiro Economopoulos
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Directed by John Ford70%
The Class of ‘9271%
McQueen74%
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends71%
Maria by Callas73%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Above Majestic73%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me60%
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies64%
WHAM!73%
My Mom Jayne80%
The Cheshire Murders65%
Love, Antosha74%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars63%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
56 Up72%
That's Entertainment!73%
