This winter I have been spending a lot of time cleaning my home both physically and digitally. I am a pack rat in many different ways as I have collected so much stuff from past movies, commercials, and of course from my own personal hobbies. On the digital side of things I have hard drives upon hard drives of unfinished films, music recordings, and archived radio interviews. One interview that I found was conducted back in August of 2013 for 100.1 KRUU FM and I found it very fitting as I was digging through the years of material build up in my basement. The interview was with Dan Kinem and Levi Peretic, the directors of Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of The VHS Collectors.
It was April of 2013 when I read online that a pair of filmmakers were heading on tour with their documentary on collecting VHS tapes. The first thing that came to my mind was this was the future of independent film distribution. It is very similar to bands going on tour except it is the filmmakers going on tour. Trying to get these passion projects distributed is becoming harder and harder as the years go by so there needs to be something more to it than just buying a movie ticket. Dan Kinem and Levi Peretic traveled from city to city screening their film at various venues where they would also erect a pop up video store and sell VHS tapes. The whole idea sounded amazing to me so I partnered with local creative Ian Miller and booked them a date in Des Moines.
The film itself was amazing. It brought back memories of visiting Mr. Movies in Cedar Rapids where I would pick up seven movies for seven dollars for seven nights (not new titles of course). This was how I was able to see all of the Faces Of Death, Slumber Party Massacre, and even all of the Children Of The Corn movies. It was a great time to be sixteen years old checking out flicks. Sadly, those days are long gone and while most films have made it to bluray and DVD, there are still several movies out there that have only been released on VHS format.
The movie has since been released on both DVD and VHS by VHShitfest and can be purchased on Amazon. It has also inspired me to start my own VHS collection (which is the last thing I need).
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