Thursday, April 07, 2005

Netflix is shallow

30,000 titles my foot. All the hype is that Netflix has everything, but that's nothing like the truth.

Case in point #1: for Emir Kusturica, Netflix doesn't even have The Time of the Gypsies, a rock-solid 1989 film that followed his Best Foreign Oscar-nominated When Father Was Away on Business. Not an obscure title. Netflix goes 2 of 7 for Jacques Tati's films, and the selection of Dusan Makavejev is similarly weak.

It doesn't inspire much confidence for depth, though they do arrive quickly. What're you gonna do? They shut down the West Coast Video up the block. And the attached tanning salon too!

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