The DVD store used to hide in the backroom of an obscure clothing boutique beside the north 3rd ring road. From the hottest Hollywood blockbusters to the hard-to-find European art films and documentaries, it’s a treasure trove of movies. And the price is probably the lowest in Beijing. As the saying goes, “Good wine needs no bush”. The small store always gathers movie buffs.
One day last spring, the store had moved and became my downstairs neighbor. Good news, isn’t it? But two months ago, I was surprised to find the store had disappeared overnight. The door was tightly locked and the shelves empty as if it had been raided. Or it was.
The pleasure of enjoying a movie isn’t just in the movie itself. It’s not like going to the cinema and see what is allowed to be shown, which is likely to be a deleted version. To me, half the fun lies in accidentally spotting the DVD I’ve been looking for, even if it might be a disappointment.
Look what we have in the cinema this summer: Terminator, Transformers, Harry Potter, Ice Age... Maybe the film studios purposely scheduled to release them at a time when people’s minds are sticky as the summer air. It's autumn. No more fluffs. Hope the DVD store will reopen soon.
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