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Rant: how cult documentaries used to feel more real back in the VHS days
I remember watching documentaries about Jonestown on a grainy VHS tape my uncle had from a library in Portland back in 1999. Now every new doc on Netflix feels slick and overdramatic with jump cuts and sad music pushing you to feel a certain way. Does anyone else miss the raw unpolished look of those older docs?
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lucast813d ago
...and honestly the fix is simpler than people think. I've archived a bunch of old VHS docs myself by just buying a cheap capture card and adjusting the tracking manually until it looks right. You can still find those tapes for a couple bucks at estate sales and library sales if you are patient.
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hugotaylor3d ago
Funny how we all hoard tools and forget the simple fixes.
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