About this release
This lively debut doc is a love letter to Melbourne's once vibrant network of video shops and the artists that used them.
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Disc 1
BD
Rainbow Video (2023)
72 min
Documentary
Inspired by Tom Roston's oral history ‘I Lost it at the Video Store’, this playful feature length documentary uses a deep local focus to show how VHS changed art forever. As the video shop era fades to black, Rainbow Video delves into the eclectic personal collections and practices of some of Melbourne's most renowned contemporary media artists. Through lively interviews and site studies of many legendary, now defunct video shops, Rainbow Video uncovers a secret history of a brief but impactful era.
Credits
Director
Jessie Scott
Cast
Philip Brophy
Ian Haig
Cassandra Tytler
Xanthe Dobbie
Jean Lizza
Diego Ramirez
Spiro Economopoulos
Editor
Jessie Scott
Disc 2
DVDRainbow Video (2023)
72 min
Documentary
Inspired by Tom Roston's oral history ‘I Lost it at the Video Store’, this playful feature length documentary uses a deep local focus to show how VHS changed art forever. As the video shop era fades to black, Rainbow Video delves into the eclectic personal collections and practices of some of Melbourne's most renowned contemporary media artists. Through lively interviews and site studies of many legendary, now defunct video shops, Rainbow Video uncovers a secret history of a brief but impactful era.
Credits
Director
Jessie Scott
Cast
Philip Brophy
Ian Haig
Cassandra Tytler
Xanthe Dobbie
Jean Lizza
Diego Ramirez
Spiro Economopoulos
Editor
Jessie Scott
Release Details
- Packaging
- Blu-ray Case
Images
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- August 17, 2026