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[BOUfij By Lane Van Ham Staff Reporter Maybe I'm just paranoid. But my guess is that when this column debuted last week, some people became a little confused, or maybe even angry (I should be so lucky). “Why in the woHd,” I pic tured people saying, is the DN running a feature on videos, which aren't even recent movies, and BAD videos in particular?! Thai’s just what we need -- one more mind-numbing fluff arude.” So, as I said, maybe I’m just paranoid, but I feel like 1 should make an effort to explain why I feel ‘ The Video Vault" is of worth. First of all, it doesn’t take a genius to see that the home video network is booming My guess is that most of the people reading this either have a VCR in their home or have rented one in the past. Because of this, and the in credible amount of choices pre sented when you go into a video store, discussion of what's avail able on videotape is increasingly relevant Furthermore, I see little point in discussing “what’s new on video," since this tends to be simply a recap of reviews of the movies which came out eight months ago One aspect of these releases, generally, is that they’re fun. I doubt if exclusively “bad” movies will be discussed, as some people may have perceived, but I will make every effort to unearth and present films which will be enjoy able to watch. The enjoyment may stem from shoddiness, but it may also come from societal trends at the time the movie was made, particularly interesting characters, and unusual plot, etc. You may also find that some of your favorite stars got started in these movies. For example, Jack Nicholson fans: How many of you knew he was in “Psych-Out,” which I discussed last week' Ronald Reagan, who starred for the last eight years as President of the United Slates by reading scripts prepared by the Committee on Present Danger, had his start in films like “Bedtime For Bonzo' and “Helicals of the Navy.” Finally, 1 think that many of these movies display the possibili ties of what can and should be a people's medium Books and comics can be done by anyone with a pen, but to get anywhere with films, it is necessary to go through boards of major studios a nd endless production of red tape so that little original vision re mains If there’s a problem in the shooting, the solution is usually to throw more money at it. Usually, movies in the Video Vault will have overcome these problems not with money, but creativity, with interesting (and sometimes laughable) results. In Hprw*r.Hpnl mnuip m jL-ino Ic nn ihp decline, but enough exists already for many weekends of uncharted video territory exploration Since I knew I’d be giving this explanation, I chose a movie I didn’t want to talk about, but knew I would be expected to Plan Nine From Outer Space. If you know any Video Vault-type movies, this is probably the one, but I'm sick of hearing about it from people - it’s like their token venture into ob scure movies. But I d be negligent if I didn’t at least mention it, so here it is Okay all you dastardly Dirty Dancing devotees, here’s a movie guaranteed to bring you back to life! It has aliens, zombies, evil plots, bad actors, and even shower curtains. You’re a casket ca ... er, uh, basket case if you skip out on this. Get set for . . . “Plan Nine From Outer Space’’ has received the reputation as the - 1 ' ■ - ' ■ - —-T Searching for that ' t tan? ^ iry our snaaes ai \ 1.3, 2.6,4.2 B-Rays offered. 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