HTLA Presents: Revival House: Part 3 - Vidiots Brings 60,000 DVDs and a New Theater to a Historic Space

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🗓️ 14 March 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Neon! Mullets! Video stores! Relive the 80s with us...

As we continue our series "Revival House," How to LA producer Victoria Alejandro is taking us to Eagle Rock to check out Vidiots. The iconic video store opened in Santa Monica in the 80s, and closed its doors in 2017. But, Vidiots reopened last year in the historic Eagle theater. And yes, all of its 60,000 DVDs made the move too.

Vidiots has made renting a movie cool again – and you can check out any DVD in their massive catalog for just $3.

And, the renovated theater will be hosting screenings as part of the new Los Angeles Festival of Movies this coming April.

Check out the past and present of Vidiots and the Eagle theater with us.

Guests: Executive director Maggie Mckay, founding member and filmmaker Noah Segan, programmer Saila Reyes, and film professor and theater historian Ross Melnick.

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0:00.0	Come see the new quiz show, go fact yourself, with special guests Andy Richter and fresh airs
0:05.2	Tanya Mosley.
0:06.6	It's March 23rd at the Crawford.
0:08.5	Get your tickets at LAS.com slash events.
0:20.0	Hi, I'm Victoria Alejandro, producer on the L-A-est studio show How to LA. For the past few weeks, I've been working on a series that's a love letter to vintage and independent
0:25.2	cinemas here in Los Angeles.
0:27.7	I've been exploring how these movie theaters are staying afloat, their histories,
0:31.7	and what they mean to their neighborhoods and communities.
0:34.6	Here's the third episode where we head over to theatre and video store v idiots in Eagle Rock.
0:39.8	Take a listen.
0:40.8	Hey LA, we're going back to the movies.
0:45.0	From L.A.
0:46.0	is How to LA, the show that helps you discover Los Angeles.
0:51.5	We're back with another episode of Revival House, our love letter to the vintage and independent
0:56.2	movie theaters around the city. Today we're heading over to Eagle Rock to check out videos,
1:02.1	an iconic video store in Santa Monica that closed its
1:05.1	stores in 2017.
1:07.1	Vitiates reopened last year in Historic Eagle Theater.
1:10.4	And yes, all of its 60,000 DVDs made the move too.
1:15.0	Vitiates has made renting a movie, Cool Again.
1:18.0	And you can check out any DVD in their massive catalog for just three bucks.
1:24.4	They'll also be one of the theaters hosting screenings as part of the new Los Angeles
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