yes somebody else emailed me what a shame. Sadly it is harder and harder for small guys doing great but not Hollywood films to survive.
On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 10:08 PM, Randy Pitman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jessica, > > I think Microcinema really is shuttered. Here’s a letter I got back in May: > > > Dear Distribution Vendor Partners and Microcinema Customers: > > > > Effectively immediately, any and all UPC’s associated with Microcinema > Inc. are going on permanent moratorium and discontinued. After nine years > of distributing excellent films on art and culture, we have concluded that > this business and industry is no longer sustainable and we will be closing > down the company. > > > If you are a Distribution Vendor Partner, please submit any and all RA’s > as soon as possible. > > > > We sincerely thank you for all of your support and business over the > years, and we may be working with you again in the future, but for now > Patrick and I are moving on to other endeavors. > > > Kind regards, > Joel S. Bachar, President > > Microcinema International > +415-447-9750 > Www.microcinema.com > > > Best, > > Randy > > Randy Pitman > Publisher/Editor > Video Librarian > 3435 NE Nine Boulder Dr. > Poulsbo, WA 98370 > Tel: (360) 626-1259 > Fax (360) 626-1260 > E-mail: [email protected] > Web: www.videolibrarian.com > > *From:* Jessica Rosner <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 09, 2014 5:56 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] Extremely OP DVD distributors > > New Yorker is around and so is Microcinema unless I missed something, > but New Yorker did lose rights to many titles in its library. There is > nothing really unusual about that. Foreign and independent films are > especially prone to rights issues because the contracts are for a limited > time ( used to average 7 years now 10 to 15) It is a bit of catch 22 > because honestly piracy is so bad and the cost of acquiring and mastering a > new copy so high it just is not feasible in many cases for a company to do > it sometimes even if they still have the rights. Sometimes there are happy > endings. I was thrilled when one of my favorite films of the last 20 plus > years THE LONG DAY CLOSES was reissued first on film and now on blu ray > DVD but that is the exception rather than the rule. > > LOTS of titles are out of print and sadly many companies are gone now. > Ironically I don't think there has ever been a time where MORE titles were > actually available but there is always going to be a HUGE number of titles > that are not. > > Jessica > > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Laura Jenemann <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear videolib, >> >> Can anyone offer a few of their favorite DVD vendors that are >> out-of-business, or titles out-of-print? >> >> Recent mention of Microcinema comes to mind, as do earlier New Yorker >> films. >> >> Thank you very much. >> >> Regards, >> Laura >> >> Laura Jenemann >> Media Services/Film Studies Librarian >> George Mason University Libraries >> Email: [email protected] >> Phone: 703-993-7593 >> >> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic >> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in >> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as >> an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of >> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video >> producers and distributors. >> >> > > ------------------------------ > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as > an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as > an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > >
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
