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Comeback of VHS? ‘Fractured’ streaming options spur underground market for the retro media

“I think that people are nostalgic for the aura of the VHS era. So many cultural touch points are rooted there,” says filmmaker.

(Vincent Tullo | New York Times file photo) A collection of original VHS boxes are displayed at the new Nitehawk Cinema in New York, Dec. 12, 2018. Despite the rise of streaming, there is still a vast library of moving images that are categorically unavailable anywhere else. Also a big nostalgia factor.

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By Hannah Selinger | The New York Times