Video Archives closed in 1995, and Tarantino purchased its video inventory and rebuilt the store in his home.[6]
In a 1994 interview with Rolling Stone, Tarantino called it "the best video store in the Los Angeles area", saying "Video Archives is like LA.’s answer to the Cahiers du Cinéma".[7] In 1992, Roger Avary described it as "less a video store than a film school [...] we'd have these intense, eight-hour-long arguments about cinema. Customers would walk in and they'd get into it. It became this big clubhouse of film making -- and probably the best film-making experience anyone could ever get."[8]
Podcast
In June 2021, Tarantino announced plans to start a
podcast with Avary. The podcast is named after Video Archives, and features the directors and a guest examining a film which could have been offered for rental at the store.[9] The podcast premiered on July 19, 2022.[10][11]