This is cool for sure, but given the horrific resolution of the medium
any recovered rare movies would, at least forme me, make watching it
a painful experience.
He could have the best VHS records out there and the best tapes, but
the source material being recorded would be painfully limited, as
would the recordings.
I would have expected Scorsese to have requested, threatened, manipulated, bribed, and so on to obtain film reels.
This would not be possible for a lot of the content but surely for quite a few.
He could do the same for original VHS cassettes with the movies (like you would find in a rental store. Just unwatched ones.
Also that he would have people to buy DVD version when (if) they came out.
Still if a DVD version was released that would indicate that the source
film was available and Scorsese could have a copy of that instead.
He could have the best VHS records out there and the best tapes, but the source material being recorded would be painfully limited, as would the recordings.
I would have expected Scorsese to have requested, threatened, manipulated, bribed, and so on to obtain film reels.
This would not be possible for a lot of the content but surely for quite a few.
He could do the same for original VHS cassettes with the movies (like you would find in a rental store. Just unwatched ones.
Also that he would have people to buy DVD version when (if) they came out. Still if a DVD version was released that would indicate that the source film was available and Scorsese could have a copy of that instead.