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The Video Craze

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A documentary on classic video arcade collectors across North America. Those who were the first to look into the neon haze of a vector/raster screen and fall in love. The first quarter poppers, the "vidiots" who never grew up.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2013-07-24

Runtime: 90 mins

Director: Dave Danzara

Writer: Sean Newton, Natalie Rossetti, Dave Danzara

Spoken language: English

Genres: Documentary

Original title: The Video Craze

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Production Countries: United States of America

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