Chloë Sevigny Visits the Kim's Video Collection

In the first episode of this ongoing series created by Alex Ross Perry and Nick Prueher, Chloë Sevigny visits the legendary Kim's Video collection at the Alamo Drafthouse in Lower Manhattan and shares memories of her days as regular Kim's patron in the 90s.
Find Kim's Video Underground on Instagram: / kimsvideounderground
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Where to find Alamo Drafthouse?
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[@carrisagrace1]

This bish gonna be 150 yrs old and still cooler than anybody else . Forever THEE IT girl

[@Cluelessinsuburbia]

Chloe is THE eternal it girl. I couldn’t think of a better person to have on this series! Also i 100% need to check out this place the next time i am in the city.

[@heavy0000]

This is so cool. Going to Kim’s on st marks as a teenager pointed my entire life in the right direction. Thanks for keeping the memory alive!

[@kalitripodis]

she is just so effortlessly cool

[@firebrnd13]

Kim’s is the best video store ever. Thanks for resurrecting it Alamo. I must go!

[@TheRoMandaloriaN]

Usually travel with my Chromecast but now when I get back to NYC 🗽 I'll bring my VCR. 📼 This store looks SO awesome!

[@Drawertv]

Yes to this format !

[@joshuabishop4060]

I loved Kim’s! I used to visit all the time when it was on St. Marks. I will however say however that I was once charged $75- for a limited edition copy of Eraserhead that was (as I found out after) available on Lynch’s website for $25-

[@EddieHenderson92]

Man, I miss video stores and the world before internet ruined everything.

[@elecktrobunny]

Oh man- I remember as a teenager in the 90s browsing movies/records in Mondo Kims (I also remember one of the first DVDs I ever purchased was from there- the original Ghost in the Shell). After college I was working a retail job on 8th street and the one day off my BF at the time and I had was Tuesdays- so we had a ritual where we would pick up 2-3 movies (or tv shows) to rent at Kims, then get falafels and cheap wine and tuck in. We didn't have much money then. At any rate, I'm so glad they saved the collection and that it's back in NYC. In my life coming full circle, I also host trivia at Press Room at the Alamo in lower Manhattan on Wednesdays and I host movie parties, speed dating, and other esoteric events there.

[@robotlou]

Great piece. I remember buying Kung Fu Soccer & Battle Royale from the St. Marks store when those first dropped. Always a great place to snag obscure & foreign DVDs.

[@Vaporvice84]

Going up to NYC in a few months and I intend to go to all 3 NYC locations. Can't wait for you guys to open here in Florida next month.

[@grapes9h5]

Used to go Kim’s when I lived in New York, love this

[@tufnall]

Cool series. My favorite part of going to the Kim's Bleecker location was getting sh*t from the cashiers for paying with a $20 like that made you "elitist". I would always throw down a 20 dollar bill just to see if I could get an eyeroll at minimum. Big fan of the Manhattan Alamo and the Kims collection they have... brings back allot of memories just eyeballing the weirdness. Hopefully the out of print stuff is getting digitized and preserved by someone. World wouldn't be the same without Turkish E.T. and other gems.

[@EDP2000]

Next trip I plan to Manhattan, I’m making an effort to visit this Alamo to visit Kim’s Underground. Awesome collection.

[@GiantEyeOne]

Love this. We had a pretty amazing store in Portland Maine called Videoport. All the most obscure movies and Television and random things that were ripped onto VHS. We really are missing something special by not having video stores and music stores around anymore. Browsing the aisles and connecting with strangers as you're holding a movie like Begotten in your hand and a dude walks by and says: "Great movie, check it out." and you see the guy is wearing a cool t-shirt, so you believe him and rent the movie.

[@jonathansalisbury2214]

Wow this is such a cool segment. Please bring Alamo back to Pheonix we miss you soo much.

[@HiRumblePie]

Yessssss

[@gnalkhere]

Beaver Trilogy mentioned letsgooooooooo

[@noahbody5609]

i used to go to the kim's on St Marks Pl. It was the best film school on earth ! not to mention a great record / Cd section

[@movieedge7370]

Very cool video store 👍🏻❤️

[@narcslayer4237]

Are you referring to the Blockbuster Video in Norwalk on Connecticut Avenue? I used to go there to.....

[@teflonrobg]

When I moved to NYC in the early 90s, I went to Kim's and low and behold they had a Chinese Action movie section. I miss that place.

[@russwriter17]

Why do I love this woman so much, but have not seen many of her films besides a few,?

[@AllMediaReviewsPodcast]

She's super cool. Beautiful, talented and a film fanatic.

[@Bw899804]

I love Chloe

[@muziktrkr]

The OG Kim’s were awesome. I’m sure some of the movies in the mix were donations by NYU students that wanted to be “immortalized” by the store. I’m sure there are New Yorkers who have copied at least 10k movies from there when they got their hands on CD burners.

[@hinhwood1629]

Agree 100 about being intimated to ask a question in that place. And I knew a lot! But they knew alllllll

[@ryangies4798]

Used to see Chloe at Mondo Kim’s on St Marks fairly regularly so this video brings back lots of nostalgia. Tons of celebs casually shopping with the regulars. Interesting to hear she was intimidated by the staff, my experience was different… I considered many to be friends. I’d imagine they were way more intimidated. Great video ❤

[@jason-xp9wf]

Chloe will never not be so cool

[@jesterszn]

the roxy was my childhood!!

[@boomshanka8743]

Reminds me of Movie Madness in Portland. If you know, you know.

[@bobbabitch]

watched superstar because of this

[@SchnellVITALVINYLVLOG]

the importance of being Morrissey is great!

[@penguin303]

@2:34 OK GO OFF CHLOE

[@niallcnghm]

Need the name of the song at 00:15

[@onelove1968]

She makes 80's Mom jeans look semi-cool.

[@Kevin_Kennelly]

I didn't know that Rula Lenska was in Queen Kong.

[@DevonChampion]

📺🎬🍿🕰️

[@erikalesi7603]

Wait. She pronounces her last name “seven•ē”? My bad.

[@PhilBeckman-rn6sx]

She is an icon.

[@chicomarlin1246]

Bushhh

[@jimmygillard]

Chloe has a scary level of knowledge about film, it's incredibly impressive. I know some absolute film obsessives. She's up there with them.

[@WilliamHELLHASEYIS]

Miss so much Kim’s Asian owned lol

[@thatssomething1]

Love brown bunnies? 😉

[@Imu_moon]

Yep

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

*Thank you for showing me this.* I feel the next time I'm in The City, I'll drag my cousin to Kim's... as if she doesn't think I'm already too weird - an underground video store should do it.

[@phalliccc]

Queen. And how have I never visited this place despite living in Manhattan?