Warner Bros. 'Archive' brings obscure films to DVD on-demand

by Darren Murph posted Mar 26th 2009 at 3:21PM

Being the digital aficionados that we are, we still prefer Criterion's Online Cinematheque over this approach, but those not quite ready to give up physical media will absolutely (and understandably) disagree. At any rate, the studio has just fired up its Warner Archive, a nice little web portal where film fanatics can surf over and locate niche titles to be placed on a DVD and shipped out. Most of the flicks are priced at $19.95, but that's still far cheaper than scouring eBay for hours in hopes of finding the original reel, having it converted and then watching it. Head on over to see if there's anything you like, but don't be shocked if you leave a few Benjamins poorer.

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nathan @ Mar 27th 2009 1:17AM

Although I don't see myself ponying up $20 for a DVD these days, with so much HD around (even the pseudo HD of most of the online services), I really like the idea of opening the vaults for on demand purchases/viewing and am glad to see Warner doing this. As a fan of 1930s and 1940s gangster, noir, and musical obscurities (in addition to the classics), the relative dearth of availability of many titles just seems like a missed revenue opportunity for the studios, and an unfortunate situation for us aficionados.

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