Sometimes, certain spontaneous ideas just catch the fancy of people – such as, say the Wall of Kindness idea. It’s the kind of thing that makes us go – what a good idea! Wish I had thought of it – because sharing is caring! Recently such an idea gained popularity on social media – TAKE A MOVIE LEAVE A MOVIE it said
So this is a box that contains video tapes and DVDs of films of various vintages. The idea is that anyone who wants one can take it; just replace it with another. Culture critic Scott Meslow tweeted this.
The person whose idea it was seemed really happy that their idea had been noticed and appreciated.
This one is a 2001 American-German science fiction-mystery film that has Kevin Spacey in it… probably why it’s in the ‘Leave’ pile?
This is a valid point. Very few people still own a VCR that would play the sort of video cassettes that were so widely used back in the day.
How does one watch it?
There are those who collect VHS tapes and other supposedly obsolete stuff. Many of us do also still have DVD drives in our computers and laptops.
Some think that DVD as a concept is just outdated. Apparently streamed content is the only way to go.
Apparently people in New Zealand already have had this idea. It is a box for books --- a box where people can exchange books.
Good ideas like this one tend to resonate and then they gain their own currency. Others shared similar boxes they maintained.
Things can go wrong --- as they did in this village in the UK.
This commentator confesses that they never left a book.
Take a Movie, Leave a Movie is a really good venture and is a great way to share stuff around a community. In the end it is about this and also of course, about the magic of movies!
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