San Antonio cinephiles have a brand new place to hang-out the aisles, and the perfect half? It’s free.
The newly established Free Blockbuster 210 is “a part of the worldwide motion impressed by FreeBlockbuster.org,” in accordance with a report by spooky San Antonio tabloid Occulto!
The free video rental idea is situated at Weekend World, 435 McCarty Street, a warehouse-like occasion house close to San Antonio Worldwide Airport.
“The idea is straightforward: Take a Film, Depart a Film!” Free Blockbuster 210 founder Kevin Clary instructed Occulto. “Anybody in the neighborhood can cease by, borrow a DVD or VHS, and return it once they’re achieved. Or donate a film of their very own for another person to take pleasure in.”
The idea is meant to work very like the Little Free Libraries which have swept the nation, posting up exterior of particular person houses and companies alike, in accordance with the report.
“Solely as an alternative of films, you’ll discover books!” Clary added.
Clary hopes to attraction to the collective nostalgia for less complicated instances, when Fridays had been for motion pictures and pizza and never a rising sense of existential dread.
“It’s a nostalgic nod to the golden age of video leases, whereas bringing neighbors collectively by means of the enjoyment of sharing motion pictures,” Clary instructed Occulto. “We’re proud to carry a chunk of retro enjoyable to Alamo Metropolis and might’t wait to have the group hold it stocked and thriving!”
Along with internet hosting events and occasions, the McCarty Street warehouse can be headquarters for the in-house movie manufacturing firm Weekend World Productions, in accordance with the report.
Free Blockbuster 210’s hours of operation are 4-8 p.m. Friday and noon-8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
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