The feature clip of "Jin's Video Store" was released at high speed Gather the "Soul of Movies" to save the movie discs from the National Arts Federation

The film "Kim's Video Store" today revealed footage of "the Soul of the Movie", directed by David Redmond and Ashley Sabine, which is being screened exclusively by the National Art Film screening Alliance. The film was nominated for the Future Innovation Award at the 39th Sundance Film Festival and won a high reputation at the 2023 Beijing Film Festival, known as "must-see by fans". With a high score of 8.7, the film became the highest-rated film released in 2024.

pay homage to the spirit of the film in the name of "stealing the movie", "save the movie" and "the soul of the movie"

The film tells the story of the rise and fall of Jin's Audio and Video Store, a legendary video store in New York, USA, from the perspective of director David. In the movie, the boss Kim Young-Man finally decided to donate 55000 movies to a small town in Sicily due to the loss of traditional media. However, when director David came to Sicily to look for the footprints of the video store, he found that the precious film collection had been casually abandoned in the abandoned warehouse.

In the feature film released today, David summoned his "accomplices" and wore the masks of famous filmmakers such as Chaplin, Godal, Hitchcock and Jackie Jackie Chan to carry out an absurd and real movie rescue plan together as "the Soul of the Movie". Inspired by the movies he had seen, he "stole" all 55000 discs back to New York on the grounds of shooting a fictional film with a plot of "stealing DVDs." When Mr. King, the owner of the video store, saw his videotape returned to New York and learned about David's plan, he said: "Godal has helped you. I have no reason to refuse. Godal did everything right."

Perhaps when the founder of the French New Wave film asked Luc Godal to become a "ghost" to join the plan to steal the film, his determination, radicalism, love of the film and the pursuit of the spirit of freedom also came along with the film's soul mask.

A love letter written to a film by blurring the boundary between documentary and feature film

In the film, David said he had heard voices before he conceived the plan. He heard the call of the film discs and their cries for help. "I hope these collections will continue to make sound, because it helps me understand the sound around my ear." Their calls blurred the boundary between reality and illusion, broke through the barrier between the calm and objective shell of documentaries and the dramatic structure of feature films, and cast a layer of surrealism on the story of the return of audio and video tapes to New York. Just like the film brought to him, so that the audience can not tell whether it is true or fictional. Also let the audience who are watching the movie unwittingly participate in this "movie soul" to save the movie plan.

"the film is not fictional, but real." "movies are proof of existence." Director David said in the film. Film art itself is a kind of fictional creation, while the spiritual core of film is the recording, mapping, proof and interpretation of the existence of human history. In the long history of the development of film art, every movie fan has probably pushed open the door of "Jin's Audio and Video Store" at some point in his life, rented a certain disc, and felt the exuberant spiritual power that the film brought to himself. The film world equally provides everyone with the scene of escaping from reality, and there is vigorous vitality and infinite existence in the interweaving of light and shadow. We can also feel and connect the past, present and future from this world.

The film "Kim's Audio and Video Store" is in the hot show of the National Art Film projection Alliance, walking into the cinema together to feel the exuberant vitality brought to everyone by the film world.