What happens when you stop traveling like a tourist and start traveling like a movie collector?
In this episode of The Physical Cut, Krloz takes you across two of Europe's most cinematic cities: Rome and Madrid, to answer one question: which destination offers the better experience for physical media collectors and movie lovers?
From hidden Blu-ray shops tucked away in Rome's historic streets to Madrid's massive physical media stores, this episode compares the collector culture, movie theaters, pricing, boutique releases, and overall experience of hunting for movies abroad. Along the way, Krloz visits independent cinemas, watches films in both countries, explores horror landmarks, and shares why collecting physical media while traveling creates memories that streaming never can.
Whether you're planning your own movie-themed vacation or simply love hearing about international collecting, this episode is packed with recommendations, travel stories, and collector insights.
In This Episode
- Why Rome and Madrid offer completely different experiences for movie lovers
- Visiting independent movie theaters in Italy and Spain
- Comparing the moviegoing experience in both countries
- The best physical media stores in Rome
- Why Madrid remains one of Europe's best cities for collectors
- Shopping at Hollywood, Profondo Rosso, FNAC, CeX, and Ziggy's
- Horror collecting in Italy versus Spain
- DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K collecting in Europe
- Why DVDs are still thriving overseas
- The surprising differences between American and European collector culture
- Boutique labels, steelbooks, and exclusive editions
- Which city has the better prices, selection, and overall collector experience
- Krloz' final rankings and recommendations for fellow collectors
Featured Locations & Stores
- Hollywood (Rome)
- Profondo Rosso
- Farnese Arthouse Cinema
- Fnac Madrid
- CeX Madrid
- Ziggy's
- Campo de' Fiori
- Rome, Italy
- Madrid, Spain
If You Enjoy
- Physical media collecting
- Blu-ray collecting
- 4K collecting
- Boutique labels
- Horror movies
- International cinema
- European movie stores
- Film travel
- Collector culture
...this episode is for you.
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00:00:00 --> 00:00:02 What is the state of physical media in Italy?
00:00:03 --> 00:00:05 Well, I don't fucking know I don't speak Italian
00:00:05 --> 00:00:24 Welcome back everyone to a new episode of the
00:00:24 --> 00:00:27 physical cut My name is Carlos and today I am
00:00:27 --> 00:00:29 going to be talking to you about my recent trips
00:00:29 --> 00:00:34 to Rome and Madrid last month of May. When I
00:00:34 --> 00:00:36 planned the trip to Rome and Madrid, I was hoping
00:00:36 --> 00:00:40 to come back with a few hours of footage, maybe
00:00:40 --> 00:00:42 try to upload a YouTube video for you guys, but
00:00:42 --> 00:00:44 instead I came home with something much better.
00:00:45 --> 00:00:48 I came back with one friend less and a carry
00:00:48 --> 00:00:51 -on full of movies and memories and a completely
00:00:51 --> 00:00:54 different perspective on collecting physical
00:00:54 --> 00:00:56 media abroad. This is not going to be so much
00:00:56 --> 00:00:58 of a travel guide. This is going to be more of
00:00:58 --> 00:01:01 a comparison of Rome and Madrid, not as tourists,
00:01:02 --> 00:01:04 but as movie fans. Originally, when I try to
00:01:04 --> 00:01:08 plan a trip to a new city, whether it's a city
00:01:08 --> 00:01:12 that I've been to before or not, this I'm very
00:01:12 --> 00:01:15 familiar with Madrid. Rome, this is my second
00:01:15 --> 00:01:19 time. My first time I was able to plan out some
00:01:19 --> 00:01:22 of the movies, movie stores that I wanted to
00:01:22 --> 00:01:26 visit. At least in Rome, the two that I kept
00:01:26 --> 00:01:30 visiting over and over the last trip was Hollywood.
00:01:31 --> 00:01:34 It's a small independent store. It's completely
00:01:34 --> 00:01:40 packed wall -to -wall with DVDs, Blu -rays. they're
00:01:40 --> 00:01:43 not big on 4k at least in that one they have
00:01:43 --> 00:01:47 perhaps five to six titles at least this time
00:01:47 --> 00:01:50 around i did see that they had a wall behind
00:01:50 --> 00:01:53 the cash register that had a few titles that
00:01:53 --> 00:01:56 were in 4k uh the one that i keep seeing over
00:01:56 --> 00:01:58 and over is uh perfect days which great movie
00:01:58 --> 00:02:01 i don't think i need another edition of it for
00:02:01 --> 00:02:05 now however in madrid i know there's uh tons
00:02:05 --> 00:02:08 more of physical media stores Like at least in
00:02:08 --> 00:02:12 Madrid, I know of two ciggies. There's FNAC that
00:02:12 --> 00:02:16 finally reopened this year. There's also a few
00:02:16 --> 00:02:20 other bookstores that tend to have DVDs or Blu
00:02:20 --> 00:02:25 -rays as well. I found a SEX CEX in Madrid, pretty
00:02:25 --> 00:02:29 big. It had a great selection of physical media
00:02:29 --> 00:02:32 as well. If you follow me on Instagram, add the
00:02:32 --> 00:02:36 physical cut. or my personal Carlos Rubin 2 .0,
00:02:36 --> 00:02:39 you're gonna be seeing those pictures of those
00:02:39 --> 00:02:41 set stores. I do tend to research some of these
00:02:41 --> 00:02:44 stores beforehand just in case it's one that
00:02:44 --> 00:02:47 just holds a few titles that is not a massive
00:02:47 --> 00:02:51 catalog of movies available. I just, you know,
00:02:51 --> 00:02:54 I don't have to waste my time going. If I know
00:02:54 --> 00:02:57 it's a more, you know, smaller selection, I tend
00:02:57 --> 00:03:00 to leave it for last. But I try to focus more
00:03:00 --> 00:03:04 on bigger stores I do tend to research these
00:03:04 --> 00:03:07 stores beforehand just to see if they're worth
00:03:07 --> 00:03:10 adding to my itinerary. Some of them don't really
00:03:10 --> 00:03:15 hold a large collection of physical media, so
00:03:15 --> 00:03:18 they're more of an afterthought or if passing
00:03:18 --> 00:03:21 by, maybe go in and check it out. Usually what
00:03:21 --> 00:03:26 I do expect to find is more local titles, films
00:03:26 --> 00:03:30 that haven't made it to the U .S. I don't expect
00:03:30 --> 00:03:33 to find boutique labels. Honestly, I don't think
00:03:33 --> 00:03:37 I've seen a criterion in Madrid nor Rome. Usually
00:03:37 --> 00:03:40 my expectations when visiting a different country
00:03:40 --> 00:03:44 when it comes to physical media are not necessarily
00:03:44 --> 00:03:48 high. I do tend to look for something different,
00:03:48 --> 00:03:50 even if it's a special edition or different cover
00:03:50 --> 00:03:53 from something that I already own or like I said,
00:03:54 --> 00:03:56 something that is more local. That's usually
00:03:56 --> 00:03:59 where my focus is. But before I even bought my
00:03:59 --> 00:04:01 first Blu -ray during this trip, I wanted to
00:04:01 --> 00:04:06 see what going to the movies in a different country
00:04:06 --> 00:04:09 actually felt like. My trip started in Rome,
00:04:09 --> 00:04:13 the city of Roman Holiday, the city of Fellini,
00:04:14 --> 00:04:20 the city of Argento, the city of Giallo and some
00:04:20 --> 00:04:25 crappy horror films. that we know and love. But
00:04:25 --> 00:04:27 given that I'm very familiar with movie theaters
00:04:27 --> 00:04:30 in Madrid, I wanted to go through the experience
00:04:30 --> 00:04:34 of going to a movie theater in Rome. Now, there
00:04:34 --> 00:04:36 is a small movie theater close to where I was
00:04:36 --> 00:04:39 staying. Super adorable movie theater. A lot
00:04:39 --> 00:04:43 of the films that came out of Cannes Film Festival
00:04:43 --> 00:04:46 made their way there pretty fast. As a matter
00:04:46 --> 00:04:48 of fact, the reason I went is because they were
00:04:48 --> 00:04:53 playing the new Pedro Amadova film, Bitter Christmas.
00:04:54 --> 00:04:58 Not a great film, to be honest, but it was a
00:04:58 --> 00:05:02 great movie theater experience. The crowd, the
00:05:02 --> 00:05:05 very little crowd that was sharing the theater
00:05:05 --> 00:05:10 with me was very, very invested in the movie.
00:05:11 --> 00:05:14 So I visited the Farnese movie theater, which
00:05:14 --> 00:05:18 is located in Campo di Fiore in Rome. It's a
00:05:18 --> 00:05:21 very art house cinema. It actually does call
00:05:21 --> 00:05:26 itself cinema art house. They actually do sell
00:05:26 --> 00:05:29 films there too. They actually hold a pretty
00:05:29 --> 00:05:33 big selection of physical media within the theater.
00:05:34 --> 00:05:38 It's a little hard to purchase films because
00:05:38 --> 00:05:41 they don't know, at least the guy in the front
00:05:41 --> 00:05:44 desk. didn't know the prices for the titles.
00:05:45 --> 00:05:48 So every time I wanted to know the price of one
00:05:48 --> 00:05:52 of the movies, he needed to go back, check with
00:05:52 --> 00:05:55 the other guy. Kind of gave me more of an estimated
00:05:55 --> 00:05:59 price. I was able to pick up at least an edition
00:05:59 --> 00:06:04 of Hairspray, the musical on DVD just to replace
00:06:04 --> 00:06:07 mine that has a disc rot. There was a lot more
00:06:07 --> 00:06:10 titles there that I did want to purchase, but
00:06:10 --> 00:06:15 it was a little It was a little troublesome trying
00:06:15 --> 00:06:18 to get the guy to figure out the pricing. So
00:06:18 --> 00:06:22 I kind of gave up on that. And then in the back
00:06:22 --> 00:06:24 section where they have the concession stand,
00:06:24 --> 00:06:28 they actually had even more titles. I was trying
00:06:28 --> 00:06:30 to take a peek from a distance because I didn't
00:06:30 --> 00:06:32 know if I was allowed to go behind the counter.
00:06:32 --> 00:06:37 I don't believe so, but I did want to ask the
00:06:37 --> 00:06:40 guy also for a few titles. see the pricing, I
00:06:40 --> 00:06:44 was able to catch the Bitter Christmas film.
00:06:45 --> 00:06:48 I posted a picture of the screening room on Reddit
00:06:48 --> 00:06:52 and a lot of redditors, I believe they're called,
00:06:53 --> 00:06:57 were criticizing the size of the screen. Clearly
00:06:57 --> 00:07:02 these people have never left AMC or any major
00:07:02 --> 00:07:07 theater chain here in the US, but not just outside
00:07:07 --> 00:07:11 of the US, but also in Brooklyn, you will find
00:07:11 --> 00:07:15 theater screen sizes this big. Now, obviously
00:07:15 --> 00:07:18 in the picture, it does look smaller, but in
00:07:18 --> 00:07:21 real life, the object is larger than it appears.
00:07:21 --> 00:07:24 It's actually a pretty wide screen, but it did
00:07:24 --> 00:07:27 get a lot of criticisms for being too small.
00:07:28 --> 00:07:31 I totally understand. If you wanna see a film,
00:07:31 --> 00:07:34 you wanna see a film in the biggest screen possible.
00:07:35 --> 00:07:38 However, these are independent cinemas. This
00:07:38 --> 00:07:41 is not a film that needs to be seen on IMAX.
00:07:42 --> 00:07:46 I enjoyed it. The sound was good. And it's not
00:07:46 --> 00:07:50 the first time that I go see a film in a small
00:07:50 --> 00:07:54 screen cinema. The Garden Cinema in London is
00:07:54 --> 00:07:59 a beautiful theater. It's very elegant. It has
00:07:59 --> 00:08:01 a beautiful lounge. But then when you go into
00:08:01 --> 00:08:06 the screening room, The screen is not that big.
00:08:06 --> 00:08:11 I think it's about maybe 10 feet, at most 12.
00:08:12 --> 00:08:14 So it's not a large screening room. However,
00:08:15 --> 00:08:19 the experience of going to see a film that I
00:08:19 --> 00:08:23 like in that theater while I'm on vacation is
00:08:23 --> 00:08:26 part of creating memories. It's not necessarily
00:08:26 --> 00:08:31 to go criticize the screen. I saw weapons in
00:08:31 --> 00:08:35 one of the biggest IMAX screens in UK. I hated
00:08:35 --> 00:08:38 the experience. Not because the screen was big,
00:08:38 --> 00:08:41 but because I didn't really love the movie. So
00:08:41 --> 00:08:45 it's not about the screen size. It's not about
00:08:45 --> 00:08:49 the size really. Sometimes, you know, it's how
00:08:49 --> 00:08:53 you use it. The ticket pricing is obviously you
00:08:53 --> 00:08:57 have to compare how much we make over here in
00:08:57 --> 00:09:00 the US. Compared to some of these other countries
00:09:00 --> 00:09:03 you got to take in consideration the pricing
00:09:03 --> 00:09:09 versus what people actually do get paid and The
00:09:09 --> 00:09:13 price I believe it was about 8 euros which converts
00:09:13 --> 00:09:17 easily to about 10 US dollars Not bad again not
00:09:17 --> 00:09:20 bad for a film that literally came out the week
00:09:20 --> 00:09:23 I arrived and it's a film that still hasn't made
00:09:23 --> 00:09:27 its way to the US one thing I did notice was
00:09:27 --> 00:09:30 when I was trying to check out the movies at
00:09:30 --> 00:09:33 the concession stand. The DVDs and Blu -rays
00:09:33 --> 00:09:36 they had behind the concession stand was that
00:09:36 --> 00:09:39 there was no popcorn. There was, I believe there
00:09:39 --> 00:09:43 was just some water, some wine and some bagged
00:09:43 --> 00:09:48 snacks. I didn't even care enough to order anything.
00:09:48 --> 00:09:53 I was just there for the movie, really. So last
00:09:53 --> 00:09:55 time I went to Rome, I saw the movie theater.
00:09:55 --> 00:09:58 I was staying right down the street from it.
00:09:58 --> 00:10:00 but I didn't get to visit the movie theater.
00:10:01 --> 00:10:04 This time I was able to take a look inside, and
00:10:04 --> 00:10:07 they do host a lot of events. A lot of events
00:10:07 --> 00:10:11 that for cinema lovers, it'd be a great movie
00:10:11 --> 00:10:14 theater to live next to, to be honest. I can
00:10:14 --> 00:10:19 only probably compare it to Nighthawk here in
00:10:19 --> 00:10:23 Brooklyn, but other than that, it's a very small,
00:10:23 --> 00:10:27 very independent, it's extremely clean. it's
00:10:27 --> 00:10:32 a great cinema it is lovely again if you follow
00:10:32 --> 00:10:34 me on instagram i did post some of the pictures
00:10:34 --> 00:10:37 of the movie theater there if you're in that
00:10:37 --> 00:10:39 movie theater is because you're going to see
00:10:39 --> 00:10:44 a film that is not anywhere else so they're very
00:10:44 --> 00:10:48 respectful at least the audience that was in
00:10:48 --> 00:10:52 my in my screening was a little older they were
00:10:52 --> 00:10:56 very invested in the film sadly the film was
00:10:56 --> 00:10:58 not film that you should be that highly invested
00:10:58 --> 00:11:03 in because it was not I'm all over his best But
00:11:03 --> 00:11:06 that's a topic for a whole different conversation.
00:11:06 --> 00:11:10 I did also notice that the trailers Not just
00:11:10 --> 00:11:14 in Rome, but also in Madrid. They're very local
00:11:14 --> 00:11:17 So a lot of the trailers that you get at the
00:11:17 --> 00:11:22 beginning they tend to be very Specific to the
00:11:22 --> 00:11:26 area. They're very very local Some of them focus
00:11:26 --> 00:11:30 either on businesses around the area. And I don't
00:11:30 --> 00:11:35 think I saw more than three trailers for films.
00:11:35 --> 00:11:39 The overall experience was pretty good. I wish
00:11:39 --> 00:11:42 I could have purchased more physical media there
00:11:42 --> 00:11:45 because their selection was pretty good. I loved
00:11:45 --> 00:11:50 how clean it was. I love how invested in the
00:11:50 --> 00:11:54 community. I don't know if they necessarily have
00:11:54 --> 00:11:56 an organization. I was trying to read a little
00:11:56 --> 00:11:59 bit into that, but translating some of the stuff
00:11:59 --> 00:12:01 in Italian, it was taking me a little bit of
00:12:01 --> 00:12:04 time and my film was about to start. And then
00:12:04 --> 00:12:07 on the way out, I already had some plans for
00:12:07 --> 00:12:10 dinner, so I really couldn't stop and explore
00:12:10 --> 00:12:14 the theater more. They do have, and I believe
00:12:14 --> 00:12:18 this is what it was, a small conference room.
00:12:18 --> 00:12:22 And they have like some sort of movie club, which
00:12:22 --> 00:12:24 I was trying to see if there was something going
00:12:24 --> 00:12:27 on during the week that I was there, but sadly
00:12:27 --> 00:12:32 I wasn't able to get that far into reading. There
00:12:32 --> 00:12:34 was actually something funny that did happen
00:12:34 --> 00:12:38 during the movie and I almost forgot. And it's
00:12:38 --> 00:12:40 that when the trailers started, when they were
00:12:40 --> 00:12:43 playing out the local trailers, I just thought
00:12:43 --> 00:12:46 that there was no sound because they're local
00:12:46 --> 00:12:51 commercials. But I guess the people that go there
00:12:51 --> 00:12:54 constantly already know that they're supposed
00:12:54 --> 00:12:57 to be sound So people were just talking amongst
00:12:57 --> 00:12:59 each other and I was able to catch some words
00:12:59 --> 00:13:01 here and there and I was like, oh they're complaining
00:13:01 --> 00:13:04 about the sounds so that means they're supposed
00:13:04 --> 00:13:06 to be sound with this commercial and People were
00:13:06 --> 00:13:08 getting a little bit desperate at that point
00:13:08 --> 00:13:11 because then the trailers for movies started.
00:13:11 --> 00:13:13 That's when I noticed. Oh, yeah, there's no sound
00:13:13 --> 00:13:16 Keep in mind that theater just recently opened
00:13:16 --> 00:13:21 this was the first showing of the day and somebody
00:13:21 --> 00:13:27 got up and called one of the workers and he came
00:13:27 --> 00:13:30 in he walked through the backside he fixed the
00:13:30 --> 00:13:33 audio came back out then people were complaining
00:13:33 --> 00:13:35 because the sound was too low so they had to
00:13:35 --> 00:13:37 bring him back in to raise the volume I wish
00:13:37 --> 00:13:41 the volume would have been a little higher because
00:13:41 --> 00:13:44 some parts of the dialogue I was not able to
00:13:44 --> 00:13:48 hear but It was still pretty clear. Somebody
00:13:48 --> 00:13:51 clearing their throats or coughing, it kind of
00:13:51 --> 00:13:54 cut the sound entirely. So that was probably
00:13:54 --> 00:13:58 the only downside of it. Other than that, it
00:13:58 --> 00:14:01 was, again, it was a great experience. I'm hoping
00:14:01 --> 00:14:06 to go back now that I know that they tend to
00:14:06 --> 00:14:09 grab films right off film festivals. And they
00:14:09 --> 00:14:12 do also hold a film festival of their own with
00:14:12 --> 00:14:16 their own awards. which would be super amazing
00:14:16 --> 00:14:19 to either be there during that time, because
00:14:19 --> 00:14:22 I'm pretty sure the film selection would be amazing.
00:14:23 --> 00:14:26 And they were also holding some classic Roman
00:14:26 --> 00:14:28 films. They actually had a Fellini coming up,
00:14:29 --> 00:14:31 but that was a week after I was already gone.
00:14:33 --> 00:14:35 Now, I can't really compare this movie theater
00:14:35 --> 00:14:39 to the one in Madrid, which is Cine Ideal, Cine
00:14:39 --> 00:14:42 Yelmo. They're a pretty large chain of cinema,
00:14:42 --> 00:14:45 but The one that I usually go to is Cine Ideal
00:14:45 --> 00:14:49 and I love that movie theater mostly because
00:14:49 --> 00:14:51 it was probably the first movie theater that
00:14:51 --> 00:14:56 I went to in Madrid or Spain in general. It's
00:14:56 --> 00:14:59 a great movie theater, but it does get very crowded
00:14:59 --> 00:15:02 with young people. There's a few schools around
00:15:02 --> 00:15:04 the area and it gets super crowded with young
00:15:04 --> 00:15:07 people. And when I tell you the lines for the
00:15:07 --> 00:15:10 concession stands in this movie theater, are
00:15:10 --> 00:15:14 long, I am not fucking kidding. If your movie
00:15:14 --> 00:15:18 is at 6 p .m. or 1800, you better be there by
00:15:18 --> 00:15:22 1400 because the lines are impossible. Great
00:15:22 --> 00:15:25 popcorn. You can even get beers and wine and
00:15:25 --> 00:15:29 whatever you want, but the lines are ridiculous.
00:15:30 --> 00:15:32 The only problem that I have with that movie
00:15:32 --> 00:15:34 theater sometimes when you're trying to buy movies
00:15:34 --> 00:15:37 at the kiosk, It gets you a lot of problems if
00:15:37 --> 00:15:40 you're trying to pay with international cards.
00:15:40 --> 00:15:43 So I just buy my movie tickets online anyway.
00:15:43 --> 00:15:46 This time I was able to catch back rooms, which
00:15:46 --> 00:15:49 it was a pretty good audience to be honest. I
00:15:49 --> 00:15:52 took my friend to see it. Not the friend that
00:15:52 --> 00:15:55 I lost in Rome, but my other friend who joined
00:15:55 --> 00:15:58 me in Madrid. I took him to see back rooms and
00:15:58 --> 00:16:01 the crowd reaction was pretty good. They were
00:16:01 --> 00:16:04 actually quiet this time. because I've been to,
00:16:04 --> 00:16:07 I believe it was during scream five or six that
00:16:07 --> 00:16:11 I saw there. And the audience was a little bit
00:16:11 --> 00:16:15 more chatty. And this one, the crowd was a little
00:16:15 --> 00:16:18 bit more quieter, a little bit more responsive.
00:16:18 --> 00:16:21 So it was a good experience. The sound was pretty
00:16:21 --> 00:16:23 good. What I realized is that when I was watching
00:16:23 --> 00:16:26 back rooms, that was the same screening room
00:16:26 --> 00:16:30 in which I saw a scream. which was pretty amazing
00:16:30 --> 00:16:33 because I don't remember the sound being that
00:16:33 --> 00:16:36 good. But for back rooms, I did notice the sound
00:16:36 --> 00:16:40 being pretty good. The other one that I did catch
00:16:40 --> 00:16:44 in that movie theater was Scary Movie 6. Now
00:16:44 --> 00:16:47 the crowd was laughing. They were enjoying the
00:16:47 --> 00:16:50 film. Obviously, you know, I'm American. I know
00:16:50 --> 00:16:53 some of the jokes before they even hit. So I'm
00:16:53 --> 00:16:55 there laughing like an idiot by myself. And then
00:16:55 --> 00:16:58 when the joke finally hits, then people start
00:16:58 --> 00:17:01 laughing. So I kind of felt like I was the disrespectful
00:17:01 --> 00:17:04 one, but it was also a pretty good experience.
00:17:04 --> 00:17:06 The only thing is, you know, you have people
00:17:06 --> 00:17:10 coming in 40 minutes into the movie to an hour
00:17:10 --> 00:17:13 and 30 minute movie. But I was sitting right
00:17:13 --> 00:17:17 next to the entrance door. So that was probably
00:17:17 --> 00:17:21 the biggest problem that I had. And. Every time
00:17:21 --> 00:17:24 somebody came in, I would just get a full light
00:17:24 --> 00:17:28 from outside. And it's one of those automatic
00:17:28 --> 00:17:30 doors that when you open them, they take forever
00:17:30 --> 00:17:34 to close. So that was the only downside to sitting
00:17:34 --> 00:17:37 all the way in the back where I was, but it was
00:17:37 --> 00:17:39 still a pretty good experience. Now, if I had
00:17:39 --> 00:17:43 to compare which one is a better movie theater,
00:17:43 --> 00:17:46 it is very hard. I was actually thinking about
00:17:46 --> 00:17:50 that and I was... I was like, I don't know how
00:17:50 --> 00:17:54 to evaluate this because I mentioned the theater
00:17:54 --> 00:17:59 in Rome, Furnace, that one is more independent.
00:17:59 --> 00:18:04 Cine Ideal is a chain of movie theaters. And
00:18:04 --> 00:18:06 some of the movie theaters that are part of that
00:18:06 --> 00:18:08 movie theater chain, some of them are pretty
00:18:08 --> 00:18:12 large. There's actually one called Cine Projectiones
00:18:12 --> 00:18:14 in Madrid that is part of that movie theater
00:18:14 --> 00:18:17 chain. And that one has a few screening rooms
00:18:17 --> 00:18:20 that are pretty large. And apparently they have
00:18:20 --> 00:18:23 great sound in that one. I haven't visited those
00:18:23 --> 00:18:28 yet. But if I had to compare which one was better,
00:18:29 --> 00:18:32 I love a small independent movie theater. So
00:18:32 --> 00:18:35 I would have to say that for Ness or for Nessie,
00:18:36 --> 00:18:39 it probably takes the win just because it's more
00:18:39 --> 00:18:45 of a community theater. It does bring in more
00:18:45 --> 00:18:50 titles that are direct from festivals. The one
00:18:50 --> 00:18:53 in Madrid, Bitter Christmas, had not come out
00:18:53 --> 00:18:55 yet. And even though it's a Spanish film that
00:18:55 --> 00:18:59 was recorded in Madrid, it was still not out.
00:18:59 --> 00:19:02 Obviously, Cine Ideal is a little bit more commercial,
00:19:03 --> 00:19:06 but I still checked around the area to see if
00:19:06 --> 00:19:08 there was any other movie theater that was showing
00:19:08 --> 00:19:11 Bitter Christmas. Before I saw it in Rome I said
00:19:11 --> 00:19:13 let me make sure they're not showing it in Madrid
00:19:13 --> 00:19:15 because I might as well just go see it there
00:19:15 --> 00:19:19 and take the chance and see Something that also
00:19:19 --> 00:19:22 was part of the Cannes Film Festival that was
00:19:22 --> 00:19:26 also showing the presentation in both movie theaters.
00:19:26 --> 00:19:29 I would say they're Okay, they're not like I
00:19:29 --> 00:19:33 said, you're not going here for the quality necessarily
00:19:33 --> 00:19:37 of the film. They're more of a Here's a movie
00:19:37 --> 00:19:40 theater. Here's the film That is probably not
00:19:40 --> 00:19:45 their fault, to be honest. But the presentation
00:19:45 --> 00:19:48 was still pretty good. I think the problem that
00:19:48 --> 00:19:51 I have with Sina Ideal, and I noticed that again
00:19:51 --> 00:19:58 with Scary Movie 6, is that the projector is
00:19:58 --> 00:20:02 pretty dark. The lighting in the screen is pretty
00:20:02 --> 00:20:05 dark. And I couldn't really appreciate some of
00:20:05 --> 00:20:08 the darks in the film. Backrooms is so much light.
00:20:09 --> 00:20:12 It's a film that is so well lit that I didn't
00:20:12 --> 00:20:14 have a problem with it. But in Scary Movie, I
00:20:14 --> 00:20:19 can see that the projector, the lighting is perhaps
00:20:19 --> 00:20:25 not the strongest. In For Nessie, the film itself
00:20:25 --> 00:20:27 is very bright. A lot of Brother and Mother White
00:20:27 --> 00:20:32 films are. And the colors were amazing. Like
00:20:32 --> 00:20:34 one thing about a Brother and Mother White film
00:20:34 --> 00:20:38 is always the colors. And in this projector,
00:20:38 --> 00:20:41 at least in this movie theater that I was watching
00:20:41 --> 00:20:46 the film, the colors were very, very bright and
00:20:46 --> 00:20:50 very, very vivid. So comparing that, I think
00:20:50 --> 00:20:52 that when it comes to scene idea, it has to be
00:20:52 --> 00:20:55 the quality of the film or perhaps just the screening
00:20:55 --> 00:20:58 room because some scenes in scary movie were
00:20:58 --> 00:21:01 not that bad. The overall experience in both
00:21:01 --> 00:21:04 of them was pretty good. I feel like the movie
00:21:04 --> 00:21:07 theater is pretty clean. I would say if you're
00:21:07 --> 00:21:10 visiting Madrid, I wish I hope you do if you
00:21:10 --> 00:21:12 haven't. This is a pretty good movie theater
00:21:12 --> 00:21:16 to go to. Somebody asked me on Reddit if they
00:21:16 --> 00:21:19 still had the sex museum. They don't. So I do
00:21:19 --> 00:21:23 apologize for that. I believe that closed. There
00:21:23 --> 00:21:26 is a lot of sex shops. So if I can give you a
00:21:26 --> 00:21:28 recommendation of some, but there is no sex museum
00:21:28 --> 00:21:32 inside Sine Ideal anymore. One thought that I
00:21:32 --> 00:21:35 had while I was thinking about creating this
00:21:35 --> 00:21:40 episode was As someone who loves movies, which
00:21:40 --> 00:21:44 city would I go back to first is pretty hard
00:21:44 --> 00:21:50 to decide because I do love the feeling of collecting
00:21:50 --> 00:21:56 or hunting for physical media in Madrid. But
00:21:56 --> 00:22:00 if you're going for a more cinematic experience,
00:22:00 --> 00:22:03 if you want to feel like you're inside a film,
00:22:04 --> 00:22:10 I definitely recommend Rome just because in Rome
00:22:10 --> 00:22:13 not only do you have these classic films like
00:22:13 --> 00:22:16 Roman Holiday and the Da Vinci Code or the more
00:22:16 --> 00:22:19 recent one Conclave, but you also have some spaces
00:22:19 --> 00:22:26 that kind of unlock a Memory of a film or make
00:22:26 --> 00:22:30 you feel like you're part of a film. So the whole
00:22:30 --> 00:22:34 atmosphere in Rome It feels like that. It does
00:22:34 --> 00:22:38 feel like you're inside of a film. There's a
00:22:38 --> 00:22:43 bookstore in Rome that is called Altruquando
00:22:43 --> 00:22:48 Liberia e Pub. What I love about that bookstore
00:22:48 --> 00:22:52 is that the upstairs is all books, but when you
00:22:52 --> 00:22:57 go down the stairs, the lower floor is a bar.
00:22:58 --> 00:23:01 It's not wow, it's a bar, covered from wall to
00:23:01 --> 00:23:05 wall with all types of film, not just Italian
00:23:05 --> 00:23:09 films. And it is such a great place to just sit
00:23:09 --> 00:23:14 down and think or talk about Italian cinema and
00:23:14 --> 00:23:18 have a small stage, which I'm assuming they either
00:23:18 --> 00:23:22 do karaoke or live music. They also have a projector.
00:23:22 --> 00:23:26 So I'm assuming they also do screening of films,
00:23:26 --> 00:23:31 but they have a huge poster of blow up. And that
00:23:31 --> 00:23:34 is an amazing film. I actually wish I had that.
00:23:34 --> 00:23:38 poster in my movie room because I just love that
00:23:38 --> 00:23:41 poster but it's a great place to just like sit
00:23:41 --> 00:23:45 down grab a drink and talk about Italian cinema
00:23:45 --> 00:23:49 in a city that is so romanticized however in
00:23:49 --> 00:23:54 Madrid if you're more of a collector then obviously
00:23:54 --> 00:23:58 you do have more options of stores so that is
00:23:58 --> 00:24:01 something that you have to wait if you're going
00:24:01 --> 00:24:04 for more cinematic experience or if you're going
00:24:04 --> 00:24:08 to just buy films throughout the trip. Because
00:24:08 --> 00:24:12 I mean, you could just go to Hollywood, the store
00:24:12 --> 00:24:16 in Rome and spend your money there, which is
00:24:16 --> 00:24:21 great. But overall, the decision of which city
00:24:21 --> 00:24:25 I will go back to as a movie lover, it would
00:24:25 --> 00:24:29 have to be based on what kind of experience I
00:24:29 --> 00:24:32 wanna have. If I wanna have the, I just wanna
00:24:32 --> 00:24:35 buy movies throughout my entire trip, then I
00:24:35 --> 00:24:39 definitely choose Madrid. If it's, I wanna feel
00:24:39 --> 00:24:43 like I'm inside of a movie my entire trip, then
00:24:43 --> 00:24:52 in that case, I choose Rome. Let's talk about
00:24:52 --> 00:24:56 the stores, because we talk about buying physical
00:24:56 --> 00:24:59 media. And I didn't mention some of the stores
00:24:59 --> 00:25:03 that I visited. Now, the most important thing
00:25:03 --> 00:25:08 is which stores are easier to find. Like I mentioned,
00:25:08 --> 00:25:13 Hollywood and Rome is probably the easiest. It
00:25:13 --> 00:25:17 is hidden. So just make sure you're using Google
00:25:17 --> 00:25:20 Maps, trying to get to it. It is hidden between
00:25:20 --> 00:25:23 two streets, two lovely streets on your Campo
00:25:23 --> 00:25:27 di Fiore. I usually go crazier there. than I
00:25:27 --> 00:25:30 do in Profondo Rosso, which is the horror store
00:25:30 --> 00:25:34 that is co -owned by Argento. So it really comes
00:25:34 --> 00:25:37 down into what kind of films are you more into
00:25:37 --> 00:25:40 collecting and what kind of experience you want
00:25:40 --> 00:25:44 to have as a collector. I also posted some pictures
00:25:44 --> 00:25:49 of the museum that is hidden under Profondo Rosso.
00:25:49 --> 00:25:53 I believe it's about five euros to enter. As
00:25:53 --> 00:25:57 a horror fan, you have to try it out. It's not
00:25:57 --> 00:26:00 something wow, but it's more of the experience
00:26:00 --> 00:26:04 of visiting the museum. It just has like some
00:26:04 --> 00:26:10 weird mannequin, you know, looking figures that
00:26:10 --> 00:26:14 are scenes of some Ardento films. The experience
00:26:14 --> 00:26:18 itself is worth the five euros. But Profundo
00:26:18 --> 00:26:21 Rosso does feel, in one side of the store, does
00:26:21 --> 00:26:26 feel very party city. As in they have a lot of
00:26:26 --> 00:26:30 masks for Halloween. They have a lot of books
00:26:30 --> 00:26:32 on horror. They do have a lot of Italian titles,
00:26:32 --> 00:26:36 but you can also find one or two English titles.
00:26:37 --> 00:26:41 I was able to buy at the Profundo Rosso store
00:26:41 --> 00:26:44 the Giallo Argento all about Dario Argento and
00:26:44 --> 00:26:49 his movies book, which I started on my way to
00:26:49 --> 00:26:51 Madrid. the plane and it was a pretty interesting
00:26:51 --> 00:26:55 book I don't know too much about Argento 21 euros
00:26:55 --> 00:26:58 I highly recommend it I'm gonna be posting some
00:26:58 --> 00:27:01 pictures of these on social media so if you're
00:27:01 --> 00:27:03 interested just let me know and I'll let you
00:27:03 --> 00:27:07 know the pricing or where to find it so the experiences
00:27:07 --> 00:27:11 as collectors it's gonna be much different if
00:27:11 --> 00:27:14 you are a horror collector you're not gonna find
00:27:14 --> 00:27:19 a lot of horror at Hollywood but you will find
00:27:20 --> 00:27:24 some more thriller -esque at Profondo Rosso.
00:27:24 --> 00:27:29 The only problem that I have with Profondo Rosso,
00:27:29 --> 00:27:34 the prices are a little bit steep. They were
00:27:34 --> 00:27:38 trying to sell me a copy, and I can't remember
00:27:38 --> 00:27:41 the title right now, but it's a Severin film,
00:27:41 --> 00:27:46 and they wanted almost 90 euros for it, because
00:27:46 --> 00:27:49 it was out of print. but it was out of print
00:27:49 --> 00:27:51 for them because we still had the title here.
00:27:51 --> 00:27:53 I remember the title not being out of print here.
00:27:53 --> 00:27:55 I just can't remember the name of the title,
00:27:55 --> 00:28:00 but I was not going to pay $90 for that. I didn't
00:28:00 --> 00:28:02 want to tell them either that we have that film
00:28:02 --> 00:28:06 in the US still available. I just thought it
00:28:06 --> 00:28:08 would be disrespectful, but I did like having
00:28:08 --> 00:28:12 conversations with them. But what I do love about
00:28:12 --> 00:28:16 both stores is the conversations. that you have
00:28:16 --> 00:28:19 with these people. Like they're very knowledgeable
00:28:19 --> 00:28:23 either at your Profondo Rosso having a horror
00:28:23 --> 00:28:25 conversation or if you're at Hollywood just having
00:28:25 --> 00:28:30 a general film conversation. They're equally
00:28:30 --> 00:28:35 knowledgeable on film. I do love having more
00:28:35 --> 00:28:39 conversations with the lady in Hollywood. She's
00:28:39 --> 00:28:41 very, very knowledgeable in a lot of things,
00:28:42 --> 00:28:45 Italian cinema. and she recommended a lot of
00:28:45 --> 00:28:49 films to me. Now, something I noticed visiting
00:28:49 --> 00:28:53 these stores a few times now is that they're
00:28:53 --> 00:28:56 not that busy. I did visit a few bookstores.
00:28:57 --> 00:28:59 They tend to have a little bit more of a crowd,
00:28:59 --> 00:29:02 but when it came to the movie stores themselves,
00:29:02 --> 00:29:06 I think at Hollywood, I usually see one or two
00:29:06 --> 00:29:09 people out there. I do see a lot of Americans
00:29:09 --> 00:29:13 there, but at Profundo Rosso, I don't think I've
00:29:13 --> 00:29:19 seen anyone besides myself when I go. So I don't
00:29:19 --> 00:29:23 know if it's just the demand itself or just because
00:29:23 --> 00:29:25 everyone else is working and we're the only tourists
00:29:25 --> 00:29:30 there at the time, but they're not busy. And
00:29:30 --> 00:29:33 when you compare that to Madrid, in Madrid, some
00:29:33 --> 00:29:36 of these stores are packed, at least in FNAC,
00:29:37 --> 00:29:41 which is the Best Buy looking department store.
00:29:41 --> 00:29:44 That one tends to get packed. There are physical
00:29:44 --> 00:29:48 media, not just films, but CDs. It does tend
00:29:48 --> 00:29:52 to get packed. And I haven't been able to really
00:29:52 --> 00:29:56 have conversations at Fernac about films. It
00:29:56 --> 00:29:58 just feels like a big department store. And I
00:29:58 --> 00:30:02 don't know how knowledgeable the employees will
00:30:02 --> 00:30:04 be. At least one of the gentlemen that I usually
00:30:04 --> 00:30:07 ask questions to, he does know a lot about films,
00:30:07 --> 00:30:10 but he's not always there. And when it comes
00:30:10 --> 00:30:13 to the crowd, everyone is to each their own.
00:30:13 --> 00:30:16 They're not too conversational. So I don't want
00:30:16 --> 00:30:19 to bother anybody. At least in Rome, it did feel
00:30:19 --> 00:30:22 that if there was someone else in the store,
00:30:22 --> 00:30:25 even if it was just an American person, you're
00:30:25 --> 00:30:28 more inclined to talk to them, which I did. That's
00:30:28 --> 00:30:30 how I found out there were tourists. They're
00:30:30 --> 00:30:34 there because of their love for cinema. And they're
00:30:34 --> 00:30:38 also looking for Italian cinema. which is always
00:30:38 --> 00:30:43 good to have conversations in a movie store because
00:30:43 --> 00:30:46 you might discover something that you did not
00:30:46 --> 00:30:50 know. That is something I noticed that in Madrid,
00:30:50 --> 00:30:53 the physical media stores tend to be more packed
00:30:53 --> 00:30:57 or at least have a crowd than they did in Rome.
00:30:58 --> 00:31:01 It's the same thing with London. In London, you
00:31:01 --> 00:31:06 go to a FOP or Asian V and these stores are packed
00:31:06 --> 00:31:10 or at least have a few people browsing, purchasing.
00:31:11 --> 00:31:14 It's just a weird feeling, you know, to see a
00:31:14 --> 00:31:18 movie store empty. What again surprises me is
00:31:18 --> 00:31:23 that a lot of the focus is on DVD. As I said
00:31:23 --> 00:31:28 before, a lot of European collectors still have
00:31:28 --> 00:31:33 a strong passion or they're more inclined to
00:31:33 --> 00:31:39 buy DVD. and Blu -ray, then 4K. A lot of these
00:31:39 --> 00:31:44 DVDs, they have great sound. I purchased DVDs
00:31:44 --> 00:31:48 that are brand new in Rome and Madrid, and the
00:31:48 --> 00:31:53 sound is amazing, like 5 .1 DTS. And then some
00:31:53 --> 00:31:57 of them are restored from a 4K scan. Last year,
00:31:57 --> 00:32:00 I bought an Italian film that it was transferred
00:32:00 --> 00:32:06 on DVD from a 4K restoration. I don't think e
00:32:06 --> 00:32:08 -criterion does that. I don't know. I haven't
00:32:08 --> 00:32:11 looked. I don't own a lot of criterion DVDs.
00:32:12 --> 00:32:15 And the ones that I do are 2K scan. But when
00:32:15 --> 00:32:18 I saw that, it didn't make sense to me. I thought
00:32:18 --> 00:32:21 it was a Blu -ray at one point, but then I looked
00:32:21 --> 00:32:23 at it again and it said DVD. And I was like,
00:32:23 --> 00:32:30 how is it a DVD has a 4K scan? transfer I don't
00:32:30 --> 00:32:34 know the memory on that disc but it must be a
00:32:34 --> 00:32:38 great like honestly I don't know how they did
00:32:38 --> 00:32:41 it but they did it and that's why a lot of people
00:32:41 --> 00:32:45 in Europe still collect DVDs and DVD is still
00:32:45 --> 00:32:48 king in Europe over here were the ones that are
00:32:48 --> 00:32:50 a little bit more snobby that everything has
00:32:50 --> 00:32:53 to be on 4k and we have to be upgrading every
00:32:53 --> 00:32:57 five minutes and I include myself I'm not attacking
00:32:57 --> 00:33:00 anybody personally. I include myself in that
00:33:00 --> 00:33:04 Thankfully, I have a region free player the LG
00:33:04 --> 00:33:07 I'll I'll link it below because I forgot that
00:33:07 --> 00:33:10 the entire name But it was about 99 dollars on
00:33:10 --> 00:33:13 Amazon the only problem with it. The fan is very
00:33:13 --> 00:33:16 loud So the film is very low You're gonna hear
00:33:16 --> 00:33:19 the fan over the the movie and that kind of does
00:33:19 --> 00:33:23 suck but it's still a good Blu -ray player. I
00:33:23 --> 00:33:27 didn't see any use section So I don't know about
00:33:27 --> 00:33:32 any second hand at least in Rome because you
00:33:32 --> 00:33:37 have CEX over there in Madrid and London. And
00:33:37 --> 00:33:40 those are the only second hands that I know in
00:33:40 --> 00:33:44 those two countries. So I don't know much of
00:33:44 --> 00:33:47 any second hand over there in Rome. So if you're
00:33:47 --> 00:33:50 trying to see if you can hit up some, you know,
00:33:50 --> 00:33:53 thrift shops or something, that I don't know.
00:33:54 --> 00:33:56 But when it comes to boutique labels, like I
00:33:56 --> 00:34:01 mentioned before, I didn't see any in Rome. In
00:34:01 --> 00:34:04 Madrid, I haven't seen any either. I just don't
00:34:04 --> 00:34:08 think these two countries focus too much on boutique
00:34:08 --> 00:34:12 labels. I do know people who collect Criterion
00:34:12 --> 00:34:15 in Madrid, but they usually buy it because they
00:34:15 --> 00:34:18 travel to London a lot. So I don't know where
00:34:18 --> 00:34:21 they get it in Madrid or if they're even available.
00:34:21 --> 00:34:24 if they have any sabran or arrow or anything
00:34:24 --> 00:34:28 like that in these two countries. Also another
00:34:28 --> 00:34:32 thing that I noticed that Madrid is bigger in
00:34:32 --> 00:34:37 than Rome. Madrid has a lot of steel books. I
00:34:37 --> 00:34:39 bought a Caligula last year at the beginning
00:34:39 --> 00:34:42 of this year actually and it was a nice steel
00:34:42 --> 00:34:45 book. It's a DVD but it's a very nice steel book
00:34:45 --> 00:34:48 though. Usually they're more customized. You're
00:34:48 --> 00:34:50 not going to find it in UK. You're not going
00:34:50 --> 00:34:53 to find it here in the States. They have a beautiful
00:34:53 --> 00:34:58 edition in FNAC of Monster Squad. I've been wanting
00:34:58 --> 00:35:00 to buy, but I don't have a reason to, and that
00:35:00 --> 00:35:05 one's on 4K. You do find a lot of 4K in FNAC.
00:35:05 --> 00:35:08 Great 4k's I bought master and commander there.
00:35:08 --> 00:35:11 I was gonna order it through Amazon UK But when
00:35:11 --> 00:35:14 I went and I saw it I had to buy it. I don't
00:35:14 --> 00:35:15 really love the film I don't remember loving
00:35:15 --> 00:35:18 the film but to have it on 4k with that Atmos
00:35:18 --> 00:35:22 sound I still have to check it out just in case
00:35:22 --> 00:35:27 but I do find a lot of 4k's in Madrid that When
00:35:27 --> 00:35:30 they have that sale, they usually run a sale
00:35:30 --> 00:35:33 between January and February that you gotta think
00:35:33 --> 00:35:38 it was about 10 or It's a good percentage compared
00:35:38 --> 00:35:40 to not getting anything. So you should have a
00:35:40 --> 00:35:43 sale and then on top of that there's a percentage
00:35:43 --> 00:35:48 taken out as well and I remember I got like 10
00:35:48 --> 00:35:52 titles at one point and I thought I was over
00:35:52 --> 00:35:57 150 euros and When we went to pay it came down
00:35:57 --> 00:36:01 to like 90 euros and this just because the titles
00:36:01 --> 00:36:05 most of them were either 30 % off and then a
00:36:05 --> 00:36:08 10 % off because they had an extra percentage
00:36:08 --> 00:36:12 off on movies, it was almost a 40%. And I don't
00:36:12 --> 00:36:15 know when these sales happen. This last time
00:36:15 --> 00:36:18 that I was there, there wasn't much of one, but
00:36:18 --> 00:36:20 when they do happen, it's probably the best time
00:36:20 --> 00:36:23 to take advantage and buy everything you want
00:36:23 --> 00:36:27 because you can't beat that price, especially
00:36:27 --> 00:36:30 when it comes to a steel book at almost 40 %
00:36:30 --> 00:36:34 off. You can't beat that. I know a lot of my
00:36:34 --> 00:36:36 listeners and a lot of my followers and a lot
00:36:36 --> 00:36:39 of the people that I follow, I know they're horror
00:36:39 --> 00:36:42 fans. I know we're part of a big horror community.
00:36:43 --> 00:36:47 And if you're a horror fan, Madrid still has
00:36:47 --> 00:36:53 a huge, a huge horror section. All these videos
00:36:53 --> 00:36:55 you can see them on my Instagram So if you don't
00:36:55 --> 00:36:57 follow me on my Instagram on my personal one,
00:36:58 --> 00:37:00 you can go ahead check it out Carlos Ruben 2
00:37:00 --> 00:37:06 .0. That's K R L O Z R U B E N 2 .0 all these
00:37:06 --> 00:37:09 videos from these stores or pictures from these
00:37:09 --> 00:37:11 stores are all there so you're gonna be able
00:37:11 --> 00:37:15 to check them out, but I did post a video of
00:37:15 --> 00:37:20 the horror section in Madrid and is it has so
00:37:20 --> 00:37:23 many good titles especially of Spanish horror
00:37:23 --> 00:37:26 so if you love Spanish horror you're gonna love
00:37:26 --> 00:37:30 FNAF like they their selection is ridiculous
00:37:30 --> 00:37:32 and it has some very good especially if you're
00:37:32 --> 00:37:34 double dipping for different versions that's
00:37:34 --> 00:37:37 where I get my scream additions there and FOP
00:37:37 --> 00:37:40 I usually get my scream additions my international
00:37:40 --> 00:37:45 covers they usually have a great selection on
00:37:45 --> 00:37:48 films and right behind it they have a great selection
00:37:48 --> 00:37:52 of Spanish films so as a collector obviously
00:37:52 --> 00:37:55 Madrid always takes the win for me between these
00:37:55 --> 00:38:00 two cities because as a collector is is FOP for
00:38:00 --> 00:38:03 me hands down like the horror section in FOP
00:38:03 --> 00:38:05 I can sleep there it's literally like a little
00:38:05 --> 00:38:08 nook so it's a it's a little nook the section,
00:38:08 --> 00:38:11 and I love it because you can just put a bed
00:38:11 --> 00:38:13 there and just sleep. Like you'd give me a CRTV
00:38:13 --> 00:38:18 and I would just lay there all day. So that's
00:38:18 --> 00:38:20 what I love about that basement in FOP. It does
00:38:20 --> 00:38:24 feel like it belongs to you. It feels like you're
00:38:24 --> 00:38:28 walking down to your own basement and that's
00:38:28 --> 00:38:32 probably physical media collector heaven. It's
00:38:32 --> 00:38:35 probably one of the biggest selections that I've
00:38:35 --> 00:38:39 ever seen. physical media again comparing these
00:38:39 --> 00:38:45 two cities Rome versus Madrid as collectors the
00:38:45 --> 00:38:49 prices they're kind of the same to be honest
00:38:49 --> 00:38:54 the better selection Madrid better used movies
00:38:54 --> 00:38:57 I would say probably Madrid because Ziggy I think
00:38:57 --> 00:39:00 has a few used movies even though most of their
00:39:00 --> 00:39:04 movies are new although they kind of look bootleg
00:39:04 --> 00:39:06 but they're not. I said Madrid would take the
00:39:06 --> 00:39:10 win for used media. But when it comes to horror,
00:39:11 --> 00:39:14 unless you want to visit Profundo Rosso, I would
00:39:14 --> 00:39:18 say Madrid also takes the win. And overall collector
00:39:18 --> 00:39:45 experience, definitely Madrid. Now I'm going
00:39:45 --> 00:39:48 to go through some of the titles that I grabbed
00:39:48 --> 00:39:52 during this trip. I would say it's a decent stack
00:39:52 --> 00:39:55 compared to other times when I come back like
00:39:55 --> 00:39:58 full carry -on. This one's more of a decent stack.
00:39:59 --> 00:40:01 I control myself a little bit more this time
00:40:01 --> 00:40:04 around. I'm gonna go ahead and start with Rome
00:40:04 --> 00:40:07 since that's where our trip started and when
00:40:07 --> 00:40:10 I visited the Profondo Rosso store I was able
00:40:10 --> 00:40:14 to grab two DVDs. I believe they are, if I'm
00:40:14 --> 00:40:18 not mistaken. Yep. Two DVDs of a film festival
00:40:18 --> 00:40:21 that is called Drag Me To Fest, tells from the
00:40:21 --> 00:40:24 Italian Horror Film Festival. I bought volume
00:40:24 --> 00:40:27 one and volume two because they gave me volume
00:40:27 --> 00:40:29 two, but I told them I don't know what's going
00:40:29 --> 00:40:32 to happen if I didn't see volume one. So I was
00:40:32 --> 00:40:35 able to grab those two. It's probably two documentaries.
00:40:35 --> 00:40:38 And they basically just talk about all the films
00:40:38 --> 00:40:42 that were shown. this Italian horror festival
00:40:42 --> 00:40:46 and I don't know I don't know much about Italian
00:40:46 --> 00:40:50 horror local Italian horror, so I just know the
00:40:50 --> 00:40:53 big ones the classic ones So it'd be kind of
00:40:53 --> 00:40:56 interesting to dive into these this I will let
00:40:56 --> 00:40:59 you guys know my thoughts on these later on but
00:40:59 --> 00:41:03 it's funny cuz they're Limited to 500 copies.
00:41:03 --> 00:41:07 So I'm assuming you know, they're very They're
00:41:07 --> 00:41:13 very indie is region free as well so that's a
00:41:13 --> 00:41:16 good thing they're about 92 minutes each they
00:41:16 --> 00:41:19 have subtitles so that's great but i think you
00:41:19 --> 00:41:23 can yep the audio is also english spanish and
00:41:23 --> 00:41:26 italian i like to watch things in their original
00:41:26 --> 00:41:28 language but given that this is more of a documentary
00:41:28 --> 00:41:31 although i think some of the people here speak
00:41:31 --> 00:41:33 english as well because that's what he mentioned
00:41:33 --> 00:41:35 definitely want to check these out they were
00:41:35 --> 00:41:39 about 13 euros each so that's a good price for
00:41:39 --> 00:41:43 a limited edition DVD especially when it comes
00:41:43 --> 00:41:46 from an independent film festival and also like
00:41:46 --> 00:41:50 I said at the beginning I did buy Hairspray the
00:41:50 --> 00:41:54 musical I just to replace my copy that have that
00:41:54 --> 00:41:59 has the disc rot this one has a great 5 .1 Dolby
00:41:59 --> 00:42:04 digital Sound has a DTS in English, so I am more
00:42:04 --> 00:42:08 than satisfied with this. This one I think was
00:42:08 --> 00:42:12 about 14 euros because again, I paid and walked
00:42:12 --> 00:42:15 away after that because they had me waiting for
00:42:15 --> 00:42:18 a while just because he wasn't sure what the
00:42:18 --> 00:42:20 pricing was. So he just wrote a price down and
00:42:20 --> 00:42:22 I told them it could be 20 euros. I'm still buying
00:42:22 --> 00:42:26 it. I need it. And it's a great addition. Again,
00:42:26 --> 00:42:28 all the, uh, this video is about six minute video
00:42:28 --> 00:42:30 I posted on YouTube. I'm going to link it here
00:42:30 --> 00:42:33 below so you guys can go ahead and check it out.
00:42:33 --> 00:42:36 But it's a beautiful edition. It's like a little,
00:42:36 --> 00:42:41 uh, Digipack, a DVD Digipack and it's gorgeous.
00:42:41 --> 00:42:43 Like when he said, and I remember being surprised
00:42:43 --> 00:42:45 at the price because I honestly thought it was
00:42:45 --> 00:42:48 going to be above 20 euros. So when he wrote
00:42:48 --> 00:42:52 down one. Some squiggle line and then I was like,
00:42:52 --> 00:42:55 okay, so it's below 20 euros. That's great. Also,
00:42:55 --> 00:42:58 I bought two titles that I don't know why I got
00:42:58 --> 00:43:01 them I got these at Hollywood. I don't know why
00:43:01 --> 00:43:06 I got them because One is coming out on 4k from
00:43:06 --> 00:43:10 criterion. The other one is coming on 4k and
00:43:10 --> 00:43:14 that's the secret agent the Brazilian film the
00:43:14 --> 00:43:18 secret agent I paid about 15 euros for this It's
00:43:18 --> 00:43:23 a DVD It has Dolby digital sound but it's only
00:43:23 --> 00:43:27 in Italian Dolby digital and originale Dolby
00:43:27 --> 00:43:32 digital 5 .1 so I oh I'm sorry the original I
00:43:32 --> 00:43:34 just wrote it in Italian because I was trying
00:43:34 --> 00:43:37 to be smart but the original is Portuguese obviously
00:43:37 --> 00:43:40 duh a lot of these format videos are very basic
00:43:40 --> 00:43:43 standard the transfers are usually pretty good
00:43:43 --> 00:43:47 I mean the fact that it's also again a DVD with
00:43:47 --> 00:43:51 5 .1 is more than enough for me I do have a great
00:43:51 --> 00:43:54 sound setup so 5 .1 I love it sometimes don't
00:43:54 --> 00:43:58 hate me for this it sounds better than Dolby
00:43:58 --> 00:44:04 Atmos I'm sorry I have to say it the day of the
00:44:04 --> 00:44:06 dead and I know it has nothing to do with this
00:44:06 --> 00:44:11 with that DTS master it sounds much better than
00:44:11 --> 00:44:15 the Dolby Atmos and sometimes again Dolby Atmos
00:44:15 --> 00:44:19 I love it, but a 5 .1 or a master audio DTS,
00:44:19 --> 00:44:23 I could live with that. So the other title that
00:44:23 --> 00:44:25 is coming out on 4k, but I just love this cover
00:44:25 --> 00:44:30 that I saw at Hollywood is no other choice. Sadly
00:44:30 --> 00:44:35 is an Italian and Korean. So either I'm going
00:44:35 --> 00:44:38 to have to put the subtitles and pause it to
00:44:38 --> 00:44:42 read, but it's Dolby digital 5 .1. But it is
00:44:42 --> 00:44:44 a beautiful cover and I know I'm going to be
00:44:44 --> 00:44:46 double dipping on this because obviously I am
00:44:46 --> 00:44:50 getting the 4K special edition whenever it comes
00:44:50 --> 00:44:55 out. Now where I went a little crazy was buying
00:44:55 --> 00:44:58 some Alan Malobar films that I don't have. These
00:44:58 --> 00:45:01 are impossible to find on Amazon. Since they're
00:45:01 --> 00:45:04 Spanish, I don't have a problem. But obviously
00:45:04 --> 00:45:08 the titles are in Italian. So I have to make
00:45:08 --> 00:45:10 sure I don't have them. One of them I know I
00:45:10 --> 00:45:15 don't have because it's one crazy nun and it's
00:45:15 --> 00:45:18 called el indiscreto fascino del pecado, which
00:45:18 --> 00:45:21 I forgot the translation in Spanish, but I know
00:45:21 --> 00:45:25 I don't have that one. I checked it out and in
00:45:25 --> 00:45:29 Italian it's 2 .0 Dolby digital, but in Spanish
00:45:29 --> 00:45:34 the originale is 5 .1, which again, I am super
00:45:34 --> 00:45:37 satisfied with that. The other one is Pepe Lushy
00:45:37 --> 00:45:41 Bomb, El Altre Regace del Mucio. I know I don't
00:45:41 --> 00:45:43 have this one because some of the words, I know
00:45:43 --> 00:45:46 what they mean and I don't have that film. These
00:45:46 --> 00:45:51 were about 13 euros each. And this one is even
00:45:51 --> 00:45:54 older. Actually, no, they're about the same age.
00:45:54 --> 00:46:00 But this one sadly is a 2 .0. So yeah, that kind
00:46:00 --> 00:46:02 of sucks. And the other one, the last bedroom
00:46:02 --> 00:46:06 model that I bought there, is liamante passageri
00:46:06 --> 00:46:09 this one i know i don't have it because it's
00:46:09 --> 00:46:12 the movie that is that takes place during a flight
00:46:12 --> 00:46:16 so i know i don't have it this one is just basic
00:46:16 --> 00:46:19 dolby digital it doesn't even say if it's a 2
00:46:19 --> 00:46:22 .0 or a 5 point actually no it does say it's
00:46:22 --> 00:46:26 a 5 .1 dolby digital my apologies but yeah this
00:46:26 --> 00:46:28 one is sadly all of these uh i'm all over ones
00:46:28 --> 00:46:31 are region two They tend to be very difficult
00:46:31 --> 00:46:35 to unlock. So I'm looking forward to checking
00:46:35 --> 00:46:38 out the Secret Agent and No Other Choice to see
00:46:38 --> 00:46:42 if they unlock easily on my Panasonic. Now the
00:46:42 --> 00:46:48 last movie that I bought at Hollywood is Charlie
00:46:48 --> 00:46:52 Chaplin's A Woman of Paris. When I saw this,
00:46:52 --> 00:46:57 I knew I didn't need the Criterion Edition because
00:46:57 --> 00:47:04 this has three small digipacks inside, and one
00:47:04 --> 00:47:08 of them is the film, another one is a book, and
00:47:08 --> 00:47:11 then the other one is just, I'm a reader in Italian,
00:47:12 --> 00:47:17 rarita e approfondimenti? The fuck that means.
00:47:17 --> 00:47:20 I'm assuming it's just kind of like the supplementals,
00:47:20 --> 00:47:24 because I believe it's also a disc. So it should
00:47:24 --> 00:47:27 be the supplementals for the film. There was
00:47:27 --> 00:47:31 four other titles. They had the kin. They had,
00:47:31 --> 00:47:34 oh, I forgot the other two titles, but they had
00:47:34 --> 00:47:36 four titles, including this one with the same
00:47:36 --> 00:47:40 edition. It is a Novo Restauro. At least the
00:47:40 --> 00:47:44 label is called Cineteca Volokna. So I'm guessing
00:47:44 --> 00:47:47 they're from the boutique that makes them is
00:47:47 --> 00:47:50 from Volokna, which now that I have that one.
00:47:50 --> 00:47:54 Next trip to Rome. Y 'all know I'm coming back
00:47:54 --> 00:47:57 with the kid and the other two Charlie Chaplin
00:47:57 --> 00:48:00 films now Let's move on to Madrid because in
00:48:00 --> 00:48:04 Madrid I found this amazing addition at FNAC
00:48:04 --> 00:48:08 for 20 euros of the umbrellas of Scherberg I
00:48:08 --> 00:48:11 know cartoon has the 4k I don't give a fuck about
00:48:11 --> 00:48:15 the 4k now that I saw this edition This edition
00:48:15 --> 00:48:17 comes with the DVD and it comes with a booklet.
00:48:17 --> 00:48:21 It's a pretty thick booklet and it is gorgeous
00:48:21 --> 00:48:23 now they have a lot of classics i've never seen
00:48:23 --> 00:48:26 these before so now that i saw these there as
00:48:26 --> 00:48:30 well i am going back for many many more they
00:48:30 --> 00:48:33 have the four seasons of eric roemer they're
00:48:33 --> 00:48:35 all separate not together like the criterion
00:48:35 --> 00:48:38 pack so they're all separated but they're all
00:48:38 --> 00:48:42 separated with the blu -ray and a thick booklet
00:48:43 --> 00:48:46 These are freaking amazing. The inside is pink.
00:48:46 --> 00:48:49 I wish they would have done this for Legally
00:48:49 --> 00:48:51 Blonde. It would have been a fucking killer.
00:48:51 --> 00:48:54 But this is such a beautiful edition of Las Senoritas
00:48:54 --> 00:48:57 de Rochefortz. So Jacques Demy, I'm buying all
00:48:57 --> 00:49:01 his films from now on in this edition. I haven't
00:49:01 --> 00:49:05 bought that from Criterion and thank God I have
00:49:05 --> 00:49:08 not because they're beautiful. And I think the
00:49:08 --> 00:49:11 sound, oh well the sticker is covering the sound.
00:49:11 --> 00:49:14 But it's a DTS. I don't want to open them because
00:49:14 --> 00:49:17 they're so freakin gorgeous, but it's a DTS Oh
00:49:17 --> 00:49:21 5 .1. Well, I just broke the plastic so it is
00:49:21 --> 00:49:25 a master audio God, I love master audio the DTS
00:49:25 --> 00:49:28 master audio I'm sorry, but the master audio
00:49:28 --> 00:49:33 kicks ass. So sorry Dolby and Then I also found
00:49:33 --> 00:49:38 a film and most of you if you're a horror lover
00:49:39 --> 00:49:43 And I saw this film a few years ago in Barcelona.
00:49:44 --> 00:49:46 I'm trying to open it because the sticker is
00:49:46 --> 00:49:49 stuck in there and I can't see what kind of sound
00:49:49 --> 00:49:56 it has. But also has a DTS HD Master Audio 5
00:49:56 --> 00:50:00 .1. So double win. And this film is Good Night
00:50:00 --> 00:50:04 Mother, not the one with What's Her Face, but
00:50:04 --> 00:50:08 the original one, Good Night Mommy. So Buena
00:50:08 --> 00:50:12 Noches Mama. Um, this film I've been trying to
00:50:12 --> 00:50:14 find it and also from Contra Corriente. Oh my
00:50:14 --> 00:50:17 God. I feel like Contra Corriente. I have films
00:50:17 --> 00:50:20 from them, but I feel like this time I've noticed
00:50:20 --> 00:50:25 they run, they run for NAC. They run Spain. But
00:50:25 --> 00:50:28 that film, good night mommy. I've been trying
00:50:28 --> 00:50:30 to find that film for years ever since I saw
00:50:30 --> 00:50:34 it in Barcelona and I finally fucking found it.
00:50:34 --> 00:50:37 I'm crazy to watch this film. I haven't seen
00:50:37 --> 00:50:39 it yet because I wanted to buy it. because everybody
00:50:39 --> 00:50:42 that knows that I love this type of horror has
00:50:42 --> 00:50:47 recommended it. I also was able to grab the descent.
00:50:47 --> 00:50:51 This is just a Blu -ray, but it's from a 4K restoration
00:50:51 --> 00:50:54 and it has HD master audio as well. Again, we
00:50:54 --> 00:50:59 are winning here a 5 .1. It has the basic extras,
00:51:00 --> 00:51:03 but the quality, to be honest, I already saw
00:51:03 --> 00:51:06 this one, this version that I bought, I already
00:51:06 --> 00:51:09 saw it. I did love the sound, the sound was great,
00:51:09 --> 00:51:14 but the picture quality, I did not love the picture
00:51:14 --> 00:51:18 quality. And even though it's a restored master,
00:51:18 --> 00:51:22 so Master Restorado Nuevo Transfer Digital in
00:51:22 --> 00:51:26 Alta Definición, even though it's high definition,
00:51:27 --> 00:51:30 there's a scene where those white curlers are
00:51:30 --> 00:51:34 in the roof of the cave. You can see the hologram,
00:51:34 --> 00:51:36 same thing with the bats at the beginning. I
00:51:36 --> 00:51:39 didn't love that the other one that I found and
00:51:39 --> 00:51:41 this I had to snatch sadly. I didn't love the
00:51:41 --> 00:51:45 movie too much It's eric roemer, uh paulina la
00:51:45 --> 00:51:48 plage paulina la playa, which is paulina at the
00:51:48 --> 00:51:51 beach or whatever language you want But this
00:51:51 --> 00:51:54 one is from comedies and proverbs. I didn't love
00:51:54 --> 00:51:56 this one too much to be honest. It was a little
00:51:56 --> 00:51:59 creepy Talking about lolita coming soon on 4k.
00:51:59 --> 00:52:02 This one was a little creepy. This one is just
00:52:02 --> 00:52:05 like the umbrellas of scherzberg that it has
00:52:05 --> 00:52:09 the beautiful booklet inside with the Blu -ray
00:52:09 --> 00:52:13 and also from Contra Corriente. And this one
00:52:13 --> 00:52:19 is also a DTS HD Master Audio, but this one is
00:52:19 --> 00:52:23 2 .0 mono. I have to say it sounded great. It
00:52:23 --> 00:52:26 sounded great. I love how beautiful Eric Romer
00:52:26 --> 00:52:29 films are. Sadly, not all of them. I hate winter.
00:52:30 --> 00:52:33 I cannot get through that movie. I don't hate
00:52:33 --> 00:52:35 it. I just can't get through it. That's probably
00:52:35 --> 00:52:38 the only season I don't like from the four seasons
00:52:38 --> 00:52:44 Collection and Pauline a la plage. I Don't really
00:52:44 --> 00:52:47 love it. I don't get the story I wasn't too invested
00:52:47 --> 00:52:52 in the story, but as every Eric Romer film It
00:52:52 --> 00:52:55 looked gorgeous as creepy as it is. It looked
00:52:55 --> 00:52:57 gorgeous now about two books. I know y 'all are
00:52:57 --> 00:53:01 not interested in books But I did buy Pansa de
00:53:01 --> 00:53:03 Burro, which is Fat Pig. I've been wanting to
00:53:03 --> 00:53:05 read it for a while. Then I bought an edition
00:53:05 --> 00:53:08 of Christine from Stephen King. I buy any Stephen
00:53:08 --> 00:53:11 King that I find. I always snatch it. Now in
00:53:11 --> 00:53:14 SCF, and by the way, I think Colleen A Laplage
00:53:14 --> 00:53:18 was also about 20 euros. The one that I feel
00:53:18 --> 00:53:22 that I spent a little bit more money on was a
00:53:22 --> 00:53:26 used edition of also Eric Romer, El Rayo Verde.
00:53:28 --> 00:53:31 Le Rayovert, which was about 18 euros, but this
00:53:31 --> 00:53:36 is a used edition. I found this at CEX. It has
00:53:36 --> 00:53:41 also DTS HD Master Audio 2 .0 model, but I'm
00:53:41 --> 00:53:43 pretty sure it's gonna sound great. The picture
00:53:43 --> 00:53:46 quality, I'm pretty sure it's gonna look great,
00:53:46 --> 00:53:49 but I haven't seen it yet. I'm crazy to see this
00:53:49 --> 00:53:52 one. This one is from also comedies and proverbs,
00:53:53 --> 00:53:57 which means I believe there's four in that series.
00:53:57 --> 00:54:00 If I'm not mistaken, it's either four or five,
00:54:00 --> 00:54:02 which means I'm halfway there with these two
00:54:02 --> 00:54:07 So I am gonna try to find the other ones in this
00:54:07 --> 00:54:09 same addition because again, they're both from
00:54:09 --> 00:54:13 Contra Corriente This is like the arrow video
00:54:13 --> 00:54:18 of Spain It actually does have like little arrows
00:54:18 --> 00:54:23 On on their look on their logo, so it is a beautiful
00:54:23 --> 00:54:27 addition same blue ray with that booklet inside,
00:54:27 --> 00:54:30 that thick booklet and the quality of the booklet
00:54:30 --> 00:54:34 is just top notch. I'm sorry, Criterion. I found
00:54:34 --> 00:54:38 another label. I took a mental picture of the
00:54:38 --> 00:54:41 films that I want to get next time I go. And
00:54:41 --> 00:54:45 if you love Bergman, you're going to love the
00:54:45 --> 00:54:47 additions that they have for The Seventh Seal
00:54:47 --> 00:54:50 and most of his films, not all of them, but you
00:54:50 --> 00:54:53 know, the majority that are within the Criterion
00:54:53 --> 00:54:57 box set, they have them there as well. So if
00:54:57 --> 00:54:59 you love those kind of films, this is why I said
00:54:59 --> 00:55:01 it really depends on what you're going to buy,
00:55:02 --> 00:55:04 what city you want to visit, because if you're
00:55:04 --> 00:55:07 just a movie collector like myself, that you
00:55:07 --> 00:55:11 just love finding directors or films that you
00:55:11 --> 00:55:16 love in this kind of quality, Madrid and London
00:55:16 --> 00:55:19 are obviously top notch. The one that I bought
00:55:19 --> 00:55:23 for $3 and this is actually funny. I bought it
00:55:23 --> 00:55:26 at CEX as well. these last four titles, I bought
00:55:26 --> 00:55:32 them at CEX. I spent about 48 euros there. It's
00:55:32 --> 00:55:36 El Sorro with Alan Delon. I love Alan Delon.
00:55:36 --> 00:55:39 Like he is, he's probably one of the sexiest
00:55:39 --> 00:55:42 men from that era. And I love Sorro. So when
00:55:42 --> 00:55:45 I saw this, I'm like, I need to buy it. Like
00:55:45 --> 00:55:47 it's probably going to be bad. I don't know.
00:55:48 --> 00:55:50 It doesn't even say the quality of the sound.
00:55:50 --> 00:55:53 It just has audio monorail. So I'm guessing it's
00:55:53 --> 00:55:56 just. Mono, which is fine. Like some films from
00:55:56 --> 00:55:59 that time do tend to sound pretty good the other
00:55:59 --> 00:56:04 one that I bought was is a Spanish film by the
00:56:04 --> 00:56:07 end of the north day loose in the north It's
00:56:07 --> 00:56:10 just kind of like a family comedy three euros
00:56:10 --> 00:56:14 can't go wrong They had a lot, but I had I had
00:56:14 --> 00:56:17 back rooms right after So I just spent like maybe
00:56:17 --> 00:56:20 10 minutes. I just grabbed what I saw and ran
00:56:20 --> 00:56:23 out. Because at CEX, they have to go to the back
00:56:23 --> 00:56:25 and go through a whole bunch of catalogs to find
00:56:25 --> 00:56:29 the disc. And that takes forever. But this one
00:56:29 --> 00:56:33 was also three euros. Sound quality. This is
00:56:33 --> 00:56:37 so hard to read. But it's a 5 .1 Castellano Dolby
00:56:37 --> 00:56:40 Digital. And they also have, also it comes with
00:56:40 --> 00:56:44 a Blu -ray and a DVD. But the DVD is 5 .1 Dolby
00:56:44 --> 00:56:49 Digital. The DTS HD master audio is on also 5
00:56:49 --> 00:56:54 .1 on the blu -ray. So that is going to sound
00:56:54 --> 00:56:56 amazing. And I love, I love Spanish comedies.
00:56:56 --> 00:56:59 Like that's why I go to Madrid a lot. I love
00:56:59 --> 00:57:01 Spanish comedies. I don't like Latin American
00:57:01 --> 00:57:05 comedies too much, but I do love Spanish comedies,
00:57:05 --> 00:57:08 Spanish horror. I'm kind of mixed. I'm not a
00:57:08 --> 00:57:11 big fan. Now the one that I spent, I think a
00:57:11 --> 00:57:13 little bit too much on, and this is the final
00:57:13 --> 00:57:16 title that I've. Purchase is angels and demons
00:57:16 --> 00:57:21 20 euros dude. I could have bought the 4k for
00:57:21 --> 00:57:25 that but but this is one of those booklets kind
00:57:25 --> 00:57:30 of type Covers so it's like a book. I saw it
00:57:30 --> 00:57:34 and I was like this is nicer than that 4k that
00:57:34 --> 00:57:37 we have over here So it's like that that when
00:57:37 --> 00:57:39 you open it up It's the two discs on both sides
00:57:39 --> 00:57:41 and then in the middle you have the little booklet
00:57:41 --> 00:57:44 again this video I'm going to link it below So
00:57:44 --> 00:57:46 you guys can check it out. That was basically
00:57:46 --> 00:57:49 my entire whole, but that's because I didn't
00:57:49 --> 00:57:54 have much to carry on. So I had to kind of hold
00:57:54 --> 00:57:57 myself back from buying too much. Um, sadly,
00:57:58 --> 00:58:00 but next time I go to Madrid, I am definitely
00:58:00 --> 00:58:03 going to be hitting up the stacks for those special
00:58:03 --> 00:58:06 edition with the little booklet. So I'm definitely
00:58:06 --> 00:58:09 going to keep that in mind. Next time I go to
00:58:09 --> 00:58:11 Madrid, hopefully they have that sale because
00:58:11 --> 00:58:14 they had the sale on physical media on movies
00:58:14 --> 00:58:18 That's gonna that's that's to break bank. Honestly
00:58:18 --> 00:58:21 now Obviously like with these countries when
00:58:21 --> 00:58:23 it comes to Rome other than Madrid, obviously
00:58:23 --> 00:58:26 the language barrier in Rome It's a little you
00:58:26 --> 00:58:30 know harder to communicate Not always because
00:58:30 --> 00:58:31 you know, a lot of them speak Spanish or English
00:58:31 --> 00:58:35 but sometimes I like to get to know people a
00:58:35 --> 00:58:38 little bit better and you know, it's kind of
00:58:38 --> 00:58:42 hard to have a full conversation when they might
00:58:42 --> 00:58:44 not understand a lot of the words that I say
00:58:44 --> 00:58:47 I expected at least some physical media to be
00:58:47 --> 00:58:50 cheaper Mostly because when I go to pop I do
00:58:50 --> 00:58:53 find a lot of cheap physical media But it was
00:58:53 --> 00:58:55 you know, it was still a good price for some
00:58:55 --> 00:58:58 of the stuff that I found I don't have any complaints
00:58:58 --> 00:59:01 on that. Some movies that I wanted to find, I
00:59:01 --> 00:59:03 couldn't find them, at least like in Madrid.
00:59:03 --> 00:59:06 There's still some titles from last year, films
00:59:06 --> 00:59:08 that came out. I haven't been able to find them
00:59:08 --> 00:59:11 yet. So maybe next time when I go, I'm going
00:59:11 --> 00:59:13 to focus more on the under Spanish section. I
00:59:13 --> 00:59:16 try to take sections little by little, but they
00:59:16 --> 00:59:18 moved everything around and I'm trying to get
00:59:18 --> 00:59:22 familiar at least at FNAC. I'm trying to get
00:59:22 --> 00:59:25 familiar again with the shells because It's too
00:59:25 --> 00:59:27 much. So I just avoid the whole American section
00:59:27 --> 00:59:31 of Marvel and shit. And I try to take the horrors
00:59:31 --> 00:59:34 and the Indies and the Spanish. I try to take
00:59:34 --> 00:59:37 those slowly, but most of the time when I go,
00:59:37 --> 00:59:39 it's either they're closing or I'm running out
00:59:39 --> 00:59:44 of time. I just love discovering stores and Especially
00:59:44 --> 00:59:47 when you, when we're so used to buying so much
00:59:47 --> 00:59:51 shit online, finally being loose in a store.
00:59:51 --> 00:59:53 It's just a different feeling. Like I said, in
00:59:53 --> 00:59:57 Madrid, you have Ziggy, you have Fnac, you have
00:59:57 --> 00:59:59 some other bookstores that have films within
00:59:59 --> 01:00:02 it. So I already know some of those. But having
01:00:02 --> 01:00:05 Fnac reopen, cause they were closed for a while,
01:00:05 --> 01:00:08 almost a year. Having it reopened again, I knew
01:00:08 --> 01:00:11 I was going to be broke from now on. every time
01:00:11 --> 01:00:14 I went to Madrid. So that means less croquetas,
01:00:14 --> 01:00:17 less tinta verano, more movies. Which I'm kind
01:00:17 --> 01:00:21 of okay with, but not really. If you know how
01:00:21 --> 01:00:23 much I love my croquetas and my tinta verano,
01:00:23 --> 01:00:26 you know how hard that decision is. But at least
01:00:26 --> 01:00:29 when you meet people there, you know what that
01:00:29 --> 01:00:33 feeling, that universal feeling of collecting
01:00:33 --> 01:00:37 physical media, of buying movies and other people
01:00:37 --> 01:00:40 around you doing the same from another country.
01:00:40 --> 01:00:44 You know, not just some random guy here in Brooklyn
01:00:44 --> 01:00:48 buying used movies next to me. No, this is a
01:00:48 --> 01:00:51 whole different country, a whole different culture.
01:00:52 --> 01:00:55 And just seeing how physical media, we're all
01:00:55 --> 01:00:57 kind of the same when it comes to it. It doesn't
01:00:57 --> 01:00:59 matter what language you're speaking. At the
01:00:59 --> 01:01:02 end of the day, we're all here looking for physical
01:01:02 --> 01:01:06 media the same way we do in the U .S., discovering
01:01:06 --> 01:01:09 new films. I might not know a Spanish film that
01:01:09 --> 01:01:12 somebody does and maybe they'll recommend that
01:01:12 --> 01:01:15 Spanish film to me, which is something that I
01:01:15 --> 01:01:17 love. That is something that I really, really
01:01:17 --> 01:01:20 love. I usually do that with horror books. I
01:01:20 --> 01:01:22 usually go to the bookstore in Madrid and I tell
01:01:22 --> 01:01:25 them like, hey, what's the horror, the local
01:01:25 --> 01:01:28 horror books that you recommend? And that's how
01:01:28 --> 01:01:31 I discover a lot of the horror that I read from
01:01:31 --> 01:01:35 Spain through the locals. And I've gotten great
01:01:35 --> 01:02:01 recommendations. Summarizing everything down
01:02:01 --> 01:02:03 quickly because I know this episode has been
01:02:03 --> 01:02:05 a little long. I'm going to give you some of
01:02:05 --> 01:02:09 my final rankings when it comes to physical media
01:02:09 --> 01:02:13 and being a movie lover abroad. And I would have
01:02:13 --> 01:02:15 to say that for better theaters, the experience
01:02:15 --> 01:02:18 of being in Indus Cinema and being a movie lover,
01:02:18 --> 01:02:22 I have to give it to Rome for Nasi specifically
01:02:22 --> 01:02:24 because that's the only one that I've been to.
01:02:24 --> 01:02:27 I love when local cinema focuses so much on the
01:02:27 --> 01:02:30 community and that is something that I loved.
01:02:31 --> 01:02:33 Better movie stores obviously Madrid hands down
01:02:33 --> 01:02:35 unless you're a horror lover and then you want
01:02:35 --> 01:02:37 to go through the experience of Profundo Rosso
01:02:37 --> 01:02:40 which I think is a great store then sure go to
01:02:40 --> 01:02:42 Rome but if you're a physical media collector
01:02:42 --> 01:02:45 and you just want to you know stack your bags
01:02:45 --> 01:02:48 then definitely go to Madrid. Better prices if
01:02:48 --> 01:02:52 you go to Fernando in there. Sales that's a better
01:02:52 --> 01:02:54 win so I would say Madrid for that. But when
01:02:54 --> 01:02:56 it comes to prices, they're both equally the
01:02:56 --> 01:02:59 same. The best collector experience, I have to
01:02:59 --> 01:03:02 say Madrid again, because if we're focusing on
01:03:02 --> 01:03:05 just physical media, I did find some great additions
01:03:05 --> 01:03:07 of films, classic films that I haven't bought
01:03:07 --> 01:03:09 from Criterion. And thank God I didn't because
01:03:09 --> 01:03:12 Criterion is not what the shit all the time.
01:03:12 --> 01:03:15 So I'm glad I kind of found these from Contra
01:03:15 --> 01:03:19 Corriente. Better surprise. Yeah, those Eric
01:03:19 --> 01:03:23 Rohmer. The Umbrellas of Scherzberg, all those
01:03:23 --> 01:03:26 films that I found that are classics that have
01:03:26 --> 01:03:29 been on my criterion list for a while, those
01:03:29 --> 01:03:32 were the biggest surprises of me finding them.
01:03:32 --> 01:03:36 I did not expect to find a whole section of Bergman
01:03:36 --> 01:03:39 and all these films that are classic French cinema
01:03:39 --> 01:03:43 in those beautiful editions. Which one would
01:03:43 --> 01:03:48 I go again first as a movie lover? Definitely
01:03:48 --> 01:03:50 Rome. As a movie lover, I would definitely go
01:03:50 --> 01:03:53 to Rome. As a movie collector, I would definitely
01:03:53 --> 01:03:56 choose Madrid. That's not London being in the
01:03:56 --> 01:03:59 equation, because that would be a total different
01:03:59 --> 01:04:02 conversation. Madrid and London, that is two
01:04:02 --> 01:04:05 different conversations than Madrid and Rome.
01:04:06 --> 01:04:08 And one of the things I love most about collecting
01:04:08 --> 01:04:10 is that every movie has a story, and sometimes
01:04:10 --> 01:04:13 the story isn't just what's on the disc. It's
01:04:13 --> 01:04:16 where you found it, the city you were in, the
01:04:16 --> 01:04:18 theater you visited beforehand, or the memory
01:04:18 --> 01:04:21 attached to bringing it home. This trip reminded
01:04:21 --> 01:04:24 me that collecting isn't just about owning movies.
01:04:24 --> 01:04:27 It's about connecting those movies to moments
01:04:27 --> 01:04:30 you'll remember long after those credits roll.
01:04:31 --> 01:04:33 Don't forget to follow me on Instagram at the
01:04:33 --> 01:04:37 physical cut pod or Carlos Ruben 2 .0. That is
01:04:37 --> 01:04:41 K -R -L -O -Z -R -U -B -E -N 2 .0. This has been
01:04:41 --> 01:04:43 the physical cut. where films live beyond the
01:04:43 --> 01:04:46 stream and I will see you guys next time. Thank
01:04:46 --> 01:04:46 you for listening.