My old prof and pal, John King, has embarked on a blog project wherein he is watching his entire DVD collection in alphabetical order: Little Round Mirrors.
John’s DVD collection is extensive and distinguished, to say the least, and in line with the title, his posts are introspective and thoughtful with a good giggity’s worth of humor–written in a voice I wish more movie reviews were written in–this sort of Rilkean reaction to the movies, instead of technical critique and box office numbers. John invokes the Canterbury Effect, this sense of wanting to tell you a story in exchange for a story told, which in turn makes you want to tell your own.
*
Speaking of movies, Everything is Terrible is trying to amass the world’s largest collection of Jerry McGuire VHS tapes.
For over a year, we’ve been chronicling wild packs of Maguires in their native thrift store habitat with our patented Maguirewatches, and during that time, we decided to start a Jerry Maguire sanctuary to preserve these great artifacts. Our goal is to have the largest private collection of Jerry Maguire VHS tapes in the history of mankind and we need your help. If you or somebody you know has a VHS copy of Jerry Maguire that needs a loving home, please donate it to us at:
Everything is Terrible!
P.O. Box 47924
Chicago, IL 60647 USA
I kind of hope John has an old copy of McGuire around. I’d be interested in his 3-cents (adjusted for inflation).
