Last night I was searching for a specific movie. I went searching for streaming services like Amazon, Mubi and so on, but there was nowhere to be found! Then I searched for a DVD and again I found nothing. Finally, I went through all the pirate sites that I already knew, and typed “Winter in Sokcho 2024”. I went on searching for about 30 minutes. A movie would come up, but the movie didn’t exist at all.
At that point, I realized that I might be the only person who wanted to watch this movie.
Then I asked myself, how many movies are lost like this? Maybe a copy exists somewhere forgotten, yet nowhere to be found. It was played in cinemas for some time though.
Have you ever come at this point? I will go with the book for now, the only thing that exits.
Had a similar experience a few years ago.
There was a film that I saw as a child called Bernard and the Genie. It had Lenny Henry and Rowan Atkinson in it so figured it would be easy to find.
Long story short it was on VHS only and never got a dvd remake so could never find it. Finally found it on a back water pirate site that seemed sketchy AF.
I think we’re going to lose so many more movies if we haven’t already.
I have to agree with you, we gonna lose more movies. And I believe only those who collect them or pirate them can save them.
Oh i have that one, have for ages.