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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Michael Sun

Open thread: do you still use DVDs or videos? Has your collection survived?

If DVDs disappear, so too do the director’s commentaries and blooper reels we loved them for – not to mention the entire films which never made it to streaming
If DVDs disappear, so too do the director’s commentaries and blooper reels we loved them for – not to mention the entire films which never made it to streaming. Photograph: Henry Iddon/Alamy

In 2015, between dusty rows of shelves in a small op-shop somewhere in suburban Sydney, I made a vow to myself: whenever I spotted a copy of Dude, Where’s My Car? on DVD, I would have to buy it.

There was no deeper thought behind the mission. To this day I have not even watched the movie. But something about its cover – Ashton Kutcher, wide-eyed, hamming into the camera; the extremely Y2K gradient; the charmingly chunky letters spelling out its title – felt right. It felt soothing.

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