Film & Video, Rare, Independent, Unreleased, Out of Print, Experimental, Tokyo Shock, Italian Horror, Film Noir, Spaghetti Western, American Classic, Gay/Lesbian, Cult, Camp Classic, Hong Kong Action, Foreign Classic, Mod, Documentary, etc.
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Music
Anna Karina, Paul Jones, ABBA, Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg.
Movies
Usama Alshaibi, Robert Altman, John and Lem Amaro, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Kenneth Anger, Antonioni, Jacques Becker, Ingmar Bergman, Bernardo Bertolucci, Bertrand Blier, Walerian Borowczyk, Stan Brakhage, John Cassavetes, Claude Chabrol, Charlie Chaplin, Shirley Clarke, Jean Cocteau, Shaun Costello, David Cronenberg, Joe D' Amato, Robert Downey Sr., Shawn Durr, R.W. Fassbinder, Abel Ferrara, Marco Ferreri, Jess Franco, John Frankenheimer, William Friedkin, Lucio Fulci, Kinji Fukasuku, Samuel Fuller, Godard, Peter Greenaway, Hal Hartley, Todd Haynes, Werner Herzog, Alfred Hitchcock, Kon Ichikawa, Jon Jost, Buster Keaton, George and Mike Kuchar, Kyoshi Kurosawa , Akira Kurosawa, Takashi Miike, Jon Moritsugu, Errol Morris, Jean Renoir, Bill Viola, Billy Wilder, Ozu, Pasolini, Truffuat, Guy Maddin, Jan Svankmajer, Seijun Suzuki, Tood Verow, Damon Packard, Tony Richardson, Dennis Hopper, Nicholas Ray, William Klein, Peter Watkins, Wong Kar-Wai, Kim Ki-Duk, Peter Weir, Glauber Rocha, Nicholas Roeg, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Frank Perry, Tom Palazzolo, Russ Meyer, Radley Metzger, Chuck Vincent, Armand Weston, Paul Morrisey, Paul Verhoeven, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Shaw Brothers, Roman Polanski, Sam Peckinpah, Bill L. Norton, Richard Fleischer, etc.
Television
Fridays, Kids in the Hall, Monty Python, Dave Chappelle, The Office, Bo' Selecta, Vermilion Pleasure Night, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Mission Hill, Seinfeld, Reno 911, Twin Peaks, Six Feet Under, The Twilight Zone, Starsky and Hutch, Kojak, The Prisoner, The Richard Pryor Show, The Avengers, The Saint, League of Gentlemen, Coupling, Good Times, Arrested Developement, Strangers With Candy, Oh! Mikey, but mainly TV movies such as Mousey, Death Stalk, Special Bulletien, Born Innocent, Bad Ronald, So Ask Alice, The Girl Most Likely To, Mad Death, Sweet Hostage, The Boy Who Drank Too Much, Helter Skelter, Are You Alone in the House, & Sybil.
Books
Godard on Godard. Cassavetes on Cassavetes.
Heroes
Peter Watkins, Fredrick Wiseman, Diane Arbus, Robert Downey Sr.
Odd Obsession Movies is located in Wicker Park / Bucktown - 1822 N. Milwaukee Ave., in between North and Armitage, right off the Damon or Western Blue Line Stops.
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My Movies are cooler than yours. It's true. Odd Obsession rents and sells rare and hard-to-find movies on dvd and video. Movies you had no idea even existed, or stuff you've been looking for forever. Anyone who's been here will tell you it's the best video store in the city if you actually take cinema seriously.
Odd Obsession's unique collection of 10,000+ titles feature a ridiculous selection of indy, foreign, rare, classics, experimental, cult fare, and so on. Featuring almost every Criterion title, New Asian cinema, oddities in documentary, Film Noir, French New Wave, cool television programs you've never seen, 60's to 80's Exploitation, EuroTrash Sex Flicks, newer and classic foreign titles from all around the world, and so on.
Memberships are free.
Rentals are $3/3 nights or $4/wk.
Deals on Monday & Tuesday:
3 movies/3 nights/$6 or 3 movies/1wk/$8.
Located at 1822 N. Milwaukee Ave., 2 blocks north of North/Damen intersection, 1 block south of Western/Armitage. Convenient to all neighborhoods, off the Western or Damen Blue line stops.
Who I'd like to meet: Those interested in good film & video, etc. in the Chicago area.
Contact email: brian@oddobsession.com to join the mailing list and keep up to date on special screenings, guests, & events, not to mention obscure film reviews and recommendations.
*Brian, Ignatius, Kalvin, and Joe all take part in writings for this page. One, Two, or all of us can be found at Odd Obsession Movies for those interested in talking more in depth, etc.