Emulsion Episode Ten: Alex Ross Perry and Clyde Folley Discuss Videoheaven
No line of dialogue captures the essence of lived experience quite like the memorable quote from John Huston’s Noah Cross: “Of course I’m respectable. I’m old! Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all become respectable if they endure long enough.”
This line, which I reflect on at least once a week, came to mind while watching Alex Ross Perry’s Videoheaven. This film closely approximates the experience of being inside a video store, a concept so dated that some readers may never have personally experienced that once-familiar, albeit somewhat disreputable, hub of film passion. Drawing inspiration from Daniel Herbert’s book Videoland: Movie Culture at the American Video Store, Perry weaves a narrative through film, television, and documentary footage, supplemented by soothing narration from Maya Hawke, who portrays a video store clerk on Stranger Things and whose father appears in the very first scene of Videoheaven. This film is crafted with both intention and serendipity, as if a certain fate connects everything.
As Videoheaven embarks on a limited release—more details on its specific New York location will be shared—I had a conversation with Perry and Clyde Folley, his film editor and an editorial figure at Criterion.
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Emulsion Episode Ten: Alex Ross Perry and Clyde Folley Discuss Videoheaven
No dialogue might capture the essence of lived experience more effectively than this quote from John Huston’s Noah Cross: “Of course I'm respectable. I'm old! Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all become respectable if they endure long enough.” I reflected on this line—one that crosses my mind at least once a week—while watching Alex.