Elijah Sullivan
Supporting Actor
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I'm helping my ex-manager start his dream video store, and he has placed me in charge of ordering movies. It's a gigantic task, and I really don't want to mess up, since his personal financial future is on the line, here.
We had a few hundred more or less random DVDs to start with from another store that we bought bulk, and I've spent the past several weeks ordering in more to round out the collection.
I would just sleep a lot better knowing that I've assembled all of the "essentials", and would really appreciate hearing from other movie-going folk what their idea of the "essentials" would be. Another way of putting it... if you were walking into a video store for the first time, what DVDs would you expect them to have? What are the titles that they must have, or else you would turn your nose up in disgust and march out the door :wink: ?
Any input is welcome, not necessarily some gigantic, comprehensive list, but maybe a few titles off the top of your head. Or maybe some advice on what niche of the market you guys prefer to rent rather than buy, or like to see stocked in your favorite store.
We've got Star Wars and everything availible by Monty Python (complete Flying Circus included), Sam Raimi, Quentin Tarantino and Peter Jackson (extended LOTR a must) for starters. We moved on to the complete Futurama, Simpsons and Family Guy shows, and that Freaks & Geeks set, as well, for the tv section. Tons of John Carpenter, David Lynch, some Fincher, and Ridley Scott. Got everything by Terrence Malick and Wes Anderson -- all three of 'em
For foreign, the Kurosawa Four Samurai Classics box, the wonderful Samurai Trilogy, Run Lola Run, La Dolce Vita and Amelie are a good start.
We've got the two-disc Anchor Bay Time Bandits and the Criterions of Brazil and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas to start our Gilliam selection. (Those cost us a pretty penny!)
There's a ton more, far too much to list, but when you get down to it, the "essentials" is actually a really long list! I'm hoping that when we open in a few weeks' time that all our customers are happy and my boss is able to pay the bills.
Again, just a few must-have rental titles would be a great help to me, just to help me sleep nights knowing my job is being done properly.
Thanks in advance! Cheers.
(mods, delete me if you want, i was just deperate :b )
We had a few hundred more or less random DVDs to start with from another store that we bought bulk, and I've spent the past several weeks ordering in more to round out the collection.
I would just sleep a lot better knowing that I've assembled all of the "essentials", and would really appreciate hearing from other movie-going folk what their idea of the "essentials" would be. Another way of putting it... if you were walking into a video store for the first time, what DVDs would you expect them to have? What are the titles that they must have, or else you would turn your nose up in disgust and march out the door :wink: ?
Any input is welcome, not necessarily some gigantic, comprehensive list, but maybe a few titles off the top of your head. Or maybe some advice on what niche of the market you guys prefer to rent rather than buy, or like to see stocked in your favorite store.
We've got Star Wars and everything availible by Monty Python (complete Flying Circus included), Sam Raimi, Quentin Tarantino and Peter Jackson (extended LOTR a must) for starters. We moved on to the complete Futurama, Simpsons and Family Guy shows, and that Freaks & Geeks set, as well, for the tv section. Tons of John Carpenter, David Lynch, some Fincher, and Ridley Scott. Got everything by Terrence Malick and Wes Anderson -- all three of 'em
For foreign, the Kurosawa Four Samurai Classics box, the wonderful Samurai Trilogy, Run Lola Run, La Dolce Vita and Amelie are a good start.
We've got the two-disc Anchor Bay Time Bandits and the Criterions of Brazil and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas to start our Gilliam selection. (Those cost us a pretty penny!)
There's a ton more, far too much to list, but when you get down to it, the "essentials" is actually a really long list! I'm hoping that when we open in a few weeks' time that all our customers are happy and my boss is able to pay the bills.
Again, just a few must-have rental titles would be a great help to me, just to help me sleep nights knowing my job is being done properly.
Thanks in advance! Cheers.
(mods, delete me if you want, i was just deperate :b )