The Importance of Curating a Collection | The Films At Home Podcast

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Whether you collect movies, rocks, sports cards, or snow globes, curating a collection is a big part of maintaining a healthy relationship with your hobby. In this episode I’ll talk about my thoughts on curating and purging a collection, the psychology behind this, and the way I have gone about curating my own movie collection to make myself happier!
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[@JeffRauseo]

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[@alfredarmenta6149]

Yeah I put my movies in drawers safety first with a defense lock

[@alfredarmenta6149]

When people call me movie hoarder I called them peasants LOL 😆😆😆😆💯🔪😎

[@nos_31]

I'm only 17 and I already have almost 200 including my vhs collection

[@robertbrothen1460]

Films At Home - I already posted a comment, but wanted to add a comment here too. My movie / music room looks like your room in this video. I'm willing to bet you could really purge your collection. I have stuff I "love" that's on the floor.....ON THE FLOOR. That's not where things go that mean something to you. I think videos of people purging their collection should be more of a thing on KZbin. Again, I'm in the process of going through my collection, and like you, I feel WAY BETTER about my collection! Watching you talk about this subject is infectious, and has me wanting to go through my other collections. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this subject of buying what you love, and nothing else, because it (collecting) is a stressful thing that effects our lives & health, and we don't realize it until we're sitting in a room with stacks of things "we love", but it's more of a stress on our life than we maybe want to admit. I hope to see more on this topic on this channel, because I can DEFINITELY relate, and it's nice to know I'm not alone in how I feel about the purchases I've made, and now regret.

[@RedLeo-pf9yo]

I love, horror movies, I love Western movies, and I love anything that Denzel Washington is in !!!!!

[@CerealAtMidnight]

This video is FANTASTIC. You've covered so much of what we struggle with, including lack of space, lack of time, and lack of funds. FOMO is a huge factor for us because we don't want to feel left out. Even the struggle of wanting to support physical media and feeling a responsibility as a fan. I also appreciate that you addressed that we, as KZbinrs, are driving certain collecting trends and that transparency is important. Do we keep all of the review materials that we are sent? I don't. Like you, I've given away hundreds of discs, and will give away hundreds more. I don't want or need to own everything. The ultimate question underlying this entire conversation is this: do we love movies, or do we love buying things? Major props, and thanks for the shout out!

[@superninjapirate19]

This is a loaded topic lol I do think collecting for most people stems from a love for movies over just buying things. It is very easy to get addicted to the “high of the buy” and these new boutique exclusives certainly do not help the FOMO feeling. There’s just so many factors in play now. I think people are panic buying much more often than they did in the past, due to a fear of physical media going away or films being pulled due to censorship issues. In my opinion, once you have a collection of anything that grows past a bookshelf or two, then you really need to evaluate why you are purchasing more of that hobby or holding onto what you already have. Does it bring joy or are you collecting these things for another reason.

[@MyFireVideos]

I really like your curation video too!

[@drop3]

Great advice, I’m 20 years old with a collection of about 100 movies that I love. I feel a healthy collection is a reflection of you and what you love to watch. Collecting isn’t the hobby- for me it’s watching movies I enjoy. The collection shelf is the access to the hobby.

[@DaPunkNdFunk]

Since I started upgrading some of my movies to 4K, I've been donating their older blu-ray version to my local library. Those blu-rays are now free to borrow: anybody can have access to that small movie collection. I hope that will help younger kids develop a passion for cinema and incourage people who are still stuck on dvds to upgrade and get a much better video experience.

[@totempolejoe1]

You're the GOAT

[@alexxbaudwhyn7572]

Assuming your local library can, will be able to loan them out. Last I checked around SE Michigan, donated books, discs are sold for fundraising vs added to their collection for loaning. Don't know if it's their preference and,bor a copyright, licence issue. Of course small town libraries or community sharing depot's wouldn't care

[@oosa358]

This is exactly what got me into film as well was through my local library as a kid. Thank you 🙏🏽

[@the.film.collector]

Traded in 95 Blu-ray’s a few months ago by doing exactly what you said and I don’t miss them at all. I had no room left and it’s honestly such a relief to purge sometimes. I stopped buying anything and everything from FYE, dollar general, etc. Took me over a year to change my mindset for the better. Thanks for sharing this important side of collecting.

[@b4rs629]

I encourage purging as well. I would say exercise caution when doing so as well. I let go of some things 5 years ago that are now out of print, not available for streaming, or digital purchases. And now I'm paying the price for it... trying to buy it back. Basically a $300-$900 dollar mistake.

[@superninjapirate19]

It’s definitely a dangerous game you play as a physical media collector. You can’t be a slave to your hobby and put yourself in financial risk, put the hobby before responsibilities and family or become dependant on “the high of the buy” like a drug addict. Purging regularly is always recommended. Check yourself while purchasing and only keep films you love. The biggest factor for me is the fear of movies going OOP. Until the rise of streaming and the disappearance of physical media in stores I never really had that fear

[@tripfarmer9508]

Movies going OOP is bad enough. I find it even worse for gaming as a lot of games on older generation consoles are stuck there unless they've had a remaster and the hardware to play them on becomes harder and harder to find in working condition. There was a huge backlash to Sony announcing they're closing down the PS3 store so they decided not to. But there are several digital only PS3 games which would basically be impossible to access legally if the PS3 digital store was shut down. That would be a terrible shame because some of them are very good.

[@kevinkelley3906]

I'm 51 so I get to see all my movies for the first time. AGAIN. I've gotten to enjoy each new format.

[@WilkinsonX]

Good to hear someone talking openly about the damage that serious film collecting can cause. As I was walking down the road last week, a vagrant scuttled out from a nearby alleyway and offered me a lightly used copy of Shrek 2 on VHS. Due to the shackles of my habit, I had no money left, and I’m ashamed to say that I offered him my body.

[@JeffRauseo]

OK this actually made me laugh out loud

[@MrNintendofanatico]

😂😂

[@oldschoolfunkster1]

And... he kept the VHS instead.

[@MyFireVideos]

😲

[@drunklink350]

😂

[@GameraS2K]

The most satisfying part of collecting is finding your niche. Yours seems to be horror movies. I've found over the years I absolutely love old monster movies and Asian horror. I am very proud of those specific sections of my collection. My favorite thing is curating specifically for me. I love seeing Gorgo, 20 Million Miles to Earth, Ringu, Dark Water, etc. on my shelf more than any other title even though most people I interact with in my daily life don't know or care about any of these movies. It's even worse when you talk to other collectors online who say your collection is lacking in certain areas. It's not. It's your own specific collection. Collect for you. Don't collect for others' opinions of you

[@hunsakermedia]

In college I shifted my collecting habits to reflect what I was "lacking" in film school. All classes and experience were pure practical and no theory was ever really discussed so I would go to Barnes & Noble, find "film school" movies or films I could learn from, and watch them to round out my skills. As a filmmaker, my collection remains the same: curate a collection of filmmaking education. Naturally, this gravitates me towards award-winning films, Criterion, Arrow, etc. Not to say Barbie 4: The Mermaid Kingdom doesn't make it on the shelf due to my daughter's movie tastes lol.

[@artirony410]

man that's crazy to have no film theory in film school. I'm not even studying film in college but my university has a "cinema and media studies" minor you can get and you're required to take a class on analysis and interpretation. There's also a dedicated class on film theory

[@hunsakermedia]

@@artirony410 My university in particular wasn't really warm towards the film industry but rather geared towards broadcast and commercial videography. It was nice to have practicality but awful no one seemed to know why we were making these creative choices.

[@AchtungEnglander]

well done on curating a better collection. It should boil down to "will I watch this multiple times?" When I moved house I think I gave away half my collection. I knew I was not going to revisit the films/TV shows.

[@Flavio77786]

This is the coolest video I've seen about this topic , me and my wife got rid of a lot of Blu rays lately, when you start rechecking what you have, you realize that there's a lot of stuff you don't really need, we started to sacrifice unneeded stuff and focusing on stuff we really want, thank you for this video, it shows that we are not alone in this kind of collecting habit.

[@DelBoy573]

I had a couple hundred dvds/blu rays. Trimmed it down to about 10. Gave the rest to charity! Now I’m concentrating simply on my favourite movies of all time only in 4k.

[@dertodesking8379]

Great show Jeff! I live in a rather small apartment, & I lost my job during Covid. I only have a couple hundred movies, but I still experienced anxiety about too less space & money for the movies. Discs kept piling up on the floor & I really felt miserable. About a year ago I got a new job, I renovated my apartment & in the process got rid of a ton of stuff - movies, clothes, CDs, vinyl, books… everything I didn’t feel I really need or use. I have a lot more space now to breathe, & I enjoy life much much more now.

[@CASFAN]

A great video, which raises some great points. I collect retro video games and physical media (pretty much 4k only now) and have been at the point where I have just bought stuff to have it. Some video games I have in PAL, NTSC US, NTSC Japan and it all gets a bit crazy. These days I have switched more to just buying things that I want. It has to give me enjoyment in some way. Now that enjoyment can come from the artwork on the box, nostalgic value or simply because I love watching the film/playing the game. There’s always tempting stuff to buy, but what I also love about collecting is that it can open up new experiences. I’d never got into Argento in the past and bought the recent Arrow special edition of Tenebrae a few months back. Absolutely loved it and that will inspire me to buy more Argento in future. I also find that I have really expanded my enjoyment and scope when it comes to cinema, as I have got older. I really agree though, that when anything becomes an addiction, it’s never good. I suppose it’s like with betting and the same saying applies - when the fun stops, stop.

[@WTDProductions]

For the most part I’ve been pretty good at keeping my collection to only my favorites, but recently I started noticing I’d buy movies that aren’t favorites or that I’ve never seen when I’m at a thrift store just because my brain tells me if I don’t buy it then I’ll regret it when it’s gone (since it’s not sold new anywhere in stores). Perfect time for this video to get me back to being more strict with what I add

[@Amazingday22]

I have 500 blu rays I can’t let go of my collection i appreciate the honest and insight you are a better man then me

[@Themartinezjoeshow]

Thanks for the shout out.

[@mariecordio1798]

Thank you 😊

[@MyFireVideos]

Nice! I was hoping there would be a link or something to your channel! When Jeff mentioned you I was like there's another one I need to check out. On my phone I clicked your picture, subscribed, and can go right on scrolling through the comments on this video!

[@action571000]

Glad to see you again

[@MrNintendofanatico]

I needed it to hear this episode, I’m actually in that same situation right now. I got 2 daughters in collage, I had a pay cut in my job do to lack of work in the company, so I need to be really conscious about what movies I buy and also need to curate my collection which I know there’s movies I won’t watch in a long time plus movies that i have that I know for sure I’ve own for over 2 to 3 years an hadn’t watch yet. Great advice and I will definitely be selling a bunch of movies and get what I know I love and don’t have yet.

[@Deyorew]

Great video. I am definitely in this world. I have collected since 1997 when the first dvds came out. Have bought and rebought movies. I have sold off around 1,000 movies through the last 20 years but still have 3,000 or more. Money and space is not so much the issue but the time to watch and appreciate the collection is just now difficult. I took my first pause at the beginning of COVID when we sold our house and the movies sat in storage for a year. I had purchased every Criterion up to that point and then all of a sudden a year went by and I didn’t buy any. I have almost 1,000 criterion’s and viewed that collection as a piece of growing art. But I realized I would never stay on top of watching it all. So I try and only buy my favorite reissues or releases that have a 5 star 4k transfer. I built a rack that holds 2,200 and it certainly gives me aspiration to try and curate my collection down to that. I never hoard just to buy, but with 25 years of buying it just turns into a lot. But again, great video. Inspiring to trim out even more because we are in a great era of amazing catalog quality rereleases.

[@starman15317]

Major kudos to you for bringing this topic up and for being so detailed, honest and transparent, Jeff. Like most collectors, this has been something I have struggled with. Like you, I recently moved and took that opportunity to begin getting rid of things in my collection that I no longer wanted or needed. There was a lot. Not just Blu-rays, but also records, comic books and even laserdiscs. I got rid of about 100 laserdiscs (am I really going to watch Reservoir Dogs on LD when the 4K is coming out? Probably not.) Another thing I have sometimes done if I really want to hang onto a prior edition is to just take the older disc (usually the Blu-ray if upgrade to 4K) and turn it into my own custom 4K/Blu-ray combo pack. You get to keep both editions but you have less packaging and space to worry about.

[@andresvelez6538]

I haven't been feeling proud of my collection for awhile basically ignoring them until I watched this video and realize my collection is filled with 80% of movies I don't really care about. When I hav the time I'm gonna sort through all my movies definitely needed the advice.

[@Ms.HistoryBuff433]

I have put all my movies on my Plex server. Curated my physical media from 1700 to 285 presently. DVDs and BluRay, but mostly DVDs. Donated most of the movies and sold a few on Amazon. I still can watch all on Plex.

[@ashley_collects]

This was a great video. I needed to hear all of this because our collection needs some curating for sure. I do have this anxiety of getting rid of something that down the line I’ll wish I didn’t get rid of but I know it has to be done. I did it with my Pops a few years ago so I know I can do it. After watching this I’m excited to dive in and work on slimming down our collection to what we really love so thanks!

[@GlenHallstrom]

I love it. Very informative. I myself have been curating since I started around 2001 (before that I was curating my huge VHS collection - that went out the window when DVD came in) because one, I'm a very picky person and I only wanted to get movies/TV that I remember enjoying. I don't have as many discs as a lot of KZbinrs/collectors have but I'm constantly curating to keep it a lean mean collection.

[@ScreamingCinema]

Love the episode man! I have been doing THE EXACT same thing with my collection. Filled up over 3 IKEA shelves and started having shit pile up. Stopped accepting review copies of movies that didn’t interest me. Sold a ton of movies I bought personally. Also was able to buy a laptop or fund vacation by selling movies I didn’t care about anymore. Excited to see how the season goes! Keep up the good work.

[@Daniel_Lindqvist]

This summer I had like 20 dvd's in the basement that I hadn't watched for years. And then I just got into my head that I wanted to start collection physical media. I've always loved movies and tv. Now I'm almost at 700 titles. Mostly blurays and 4k's. I've spent too much money on this on this short amount of time. But when I set my mind at doing something, I go all in. I'm only buying titles that I really want though. Not buying just to get a bigger collection. But it is an addiction, that's for sure =) Just ordered The A-team bluray collection. Really looking forward to rewatching one of my favourite childhood tv-series. Love your content on your channel! Keep it up =)

[@vanstraelend]

That must be a lot of money for sure,already a big collection in a short time.

[@Jogwheel]

Solid video with lots of very healthy and practical advice, haha. Honestly, I think the entire discussion came down to that point about "hoarder vs. collector" - so well done pointing out the important difference there. Surprised myself and listened to the whole video! And great timing with the Helix ad - my wife and I were planning to pull the trigger on a new mattress for our daughter, and were thinking of a Helix Twin, so I'll be using your code! Hope it helps you out. Good luck on unpacking, and good luck getting that Silver Play Button this month 🙂

[@tomutz6719]

Thank you Jeff so much for this video. This is something I really needed to hear and start curating my physical media.

[@fettmatic4106]

The rewatch, upgrade & complete set rules are how I buy my physical media.

[@ddc2957]

Not sure I entirely agree with the Rewatch rule, although I of course understand the logic. There are important films with low rewatch value though - I watch Come & See, The Usual Suspects & The Sixth Sense extraordinarily rarely, but I don’t think I could honestly part with such great films.

[@ElevenEvilExes]

i have about 700 movies on blu-ray, and i can honestly say that i love watching every single one of them, with maybe a handful of exceptions that i only own because i bought a set, like BLADE: TRINITY or ROBOCOP 3. i've actually reached the point where i'm "struggling" to find any more movies that i want to own :D of course i'm waiting for THE ABYSS and TRUE LIES, like everyone else on the planet :D but of the movies that exist on blu-ray, i think i'm actually done. i'm gonna save so much money now :D

[@cuttleb0nes]

as someone who collects action figures, dolls, mini backpacks thank you so much for this video. sincerely. my collecting has gone out of control and was negatively affecting my life. i agree with everything you said and am working to curate my collection of only the crème de la crème, not trying to play the impossible rat race of having every thing ever

[@Methuselah969V]

I here you Jeff I started collecting blurays in 2009 when I got my first 1080p TV 40" Samsung and bluray player just because I loved movies and thought blurays were stunning coming from 480p TVs. I loved Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez and Stanley Kubrick I also started watching movies from the 70s I never saw when I was younger. Got about 100 blurays and 50 Dvds from 2009 to 2011 then stopped for many years cause I didn't make enough money then started back up again in 2020. In 2021 started watching your channel and other collectors on KZbin definitely beefed up my collection to about 500 blurays 60 4ks and 150 dvds. However certainly guilty of owning movies I haven't watched but most of them I have and enjoy.

[@gjones270]

Great video, and so important to remember WHY we’re collecting, and not to be afraid to get rid of movies that just sit on a shelf. Everything we own in the collection should bring us joy and happiness to pull off the shelf. I know I’m guilty of keeping too much and need to get rid of the titles that I’m not passionate about. Thank you for speaking out and encouraging curation!

[@stephendobbins9251]

Thanks Jeff for making this video. I was seriously becoming a blu-ray movie horder and running out of room for all my movies. That scared me. So I had to ask myself if I was collecting movies for myself or just collecting for no reason or for others to give me recognition and say, " Wow you have a big collection. Cool!" I thought long and hard and fnally realized I should be collecting for myself and what I like and not for anybody else. So I went through my movies and realized I had over $200 worth of movies on blu-ray I wasn't gonna watch and I don't know why I bought them. And many of them were never opened and unwrapped and a few I watched only once and didn't like or lost interest in them. Like you said I had to decide which movies were important to me, meant something to me, and were ones I would want to watch more than just once or twice. Now I am happy with my collection and I owe it all to you Jeff for giving me the idea of cleaning out unimportant films and films that I just wasn't gonna watch or even open. I was collecting anything and almost everything and doing that is not healthy collecting. If you want to share my story go right ahead. Your advice helped me a lot. Thank you and long live physical media!

[@bloodyscythe7870]

This video is so real, Thanks for speaking on this because it is true us physical media are always talking about issues we are having with collecting.

[@excelsiormoviereviews]

I agree, you can’t keep everything. I don’t keep a lot of duplicates either. Criterions are the only ones that I would have a hard time parting with, but so far I’ve been lucky to collect titles that I’ve liked.

[@the80slivehere]

👍. Sage advice Clutter does bum me out. Right now, my world is crammed with movies and music. Recently, I have become much more selective and I am more than content. With Barnes and Noble Criterion sale, I am setting a limited budget and sticking to it. 😊. Thanks! - Heather

[@mofro833]

When are we getting the C2 review?? Great video

[@Hossmcpizza]

Hey Jeff you should get ‘mid level media’ on your podcast, as well as ‘movie collector’ both fun and different perspective on 4K and collecting. Thanks for the podcast!

[@Bobashasaurus]

Agree 100%. Heavily curating my collection earlier this year reinvigorated my joy of collecting. It felt great purging a ton of movies I didn't really care about!

[@missannthrope365]

I created an excel sheet of all my DVDs, that I have on my phone via the cloud. I can search by director, main actor, genre, etc. Super handy when out and about to avoid purchasing duplicates.

[@SuperK-vm6bd]

I really enjoyed the video. I've been going through this myself for the past 1.5 years, and I'm happy about where I'm at now compared to back then. I was that person that got up to spending $400 on movies each month on average. I watch a ton of movies, but I could never keep ahead of the watch pile when adding 20+ every month. So sometimes years passed before I finally watched a title I bought. The big change in my life was moving a year ago. It was such a stressful and time consuming experience having to box up and move 2,000 titles. It would have been so much easier if I had a smaller curated collection. My movies filled up about 1/4 of the space in the moving truck. I spent ages boxing them up, then unboxing at the new place. It was crazy. Some of the releases I was looking at for the first time in years, realizing it wasn't that important to me anymore (or it never was as I bought it on deep sale or whatever). It's November 2022 now and I'm at under $600 spent for the year so far. Huge change from the $400 a month I used to regularly spend. I've reduced my collection by around 150 titles so far too. I rarely get any package deliveries throughout the week where before it would be a deluge of them coming in to unbox and catalog and find shelf or storage space for. I instead focus more on curating and enjoying what I have, and watching more streaming and theater releases rather than defaulting to buying everything disc. The funny thing is I now have more time to watch more movies. I'm not trawling message boards and social media at the rate I used to for all the sales and upcoming releases and user content, and I'm not dealing with 20+ releases added to my collection every month. I'm being much more intentional about my buying this year. No more bulk sale orders, no more FOMO panic, but instead buying something because I want to watch it now.

[@braveheart8085]

This to me is one of your top 5 videos. This is a subject that every collector will face at sometime. I myself have a weakness for CE ‘s and Limited Editions. Studios know this and exploit our weakness . Paramount knows every Trekkie will buy anything they release. I myself have purchased every Star Trek movie at least 5 times . I have so many formats of the same movie. It’s embarrassing. I’m going to re-watch this video again because this is an important topic every collector has faced . Thank you Jeff.

[@graham108]

Absolutely loved your openness in this video, made lots of mistakes during my video game collecting days but never got to a bad place. A lot of what you said resonates with me and I really valued your advice on not hoarding or feeling pressured to keep up with the joneses. I now collect only the things I truly value, peace brother & greetings from Scotland... 🙌😊

[@thomasferguson139]

Great and brave video!! Definitely hits home and a lot of KZbinrs should take note.

[@ninjafoxgamesgeekery]

With my video game collection, I sat down and made a list of what I wanted. Top 100 Best games on a system + Nostalgic titles + Infamously bad (only a few made it on this) + Games that had an impact on the industry I stuck to that list. A few got added here and there for various reasons, but I never fell into the "I want every game on ___ system" or "every game from ___ publisher" because a lot of game collectors do that and I just couldn't understand why you'd want a lot of junk on your shelf. Even with this, I've run out of room. I picked up the 2 Sega Genesis minis that came out and will be pruning down the Sega collection a lot. As I play games, I'm coming across some that I didn't like, so they get pruned out as well. Same thing with movies - I made a list of what I wanted and try not to just add to it regularly. It's more of a watch list, some I will watch streaming once and be done. I still fall into the Black Friday traps for $9.99 4K releases, but I'm tapering off how much I pick up and starting to shift into curation mode for more and more of my collections.

[@steffengerlach8395]

I was always picky and focused on my taste. Since I am into 4K I have an "in-section" on my shelf, where all new UHD/BD go and stay sealed until we have watched it. Then I decide if it is going to make it into the alphabetically shelf... or if it's going to be sold again. ONLY exception from the rule is: swapping an already watched movie from DVD/BD to a new UHD or a BD/UHD I always was looking for because I saw it in the movie theatre or streaming before and it was not available. So these ones sit sealed on the definite alphabetically shelf section because they are the ones I really love and will watch again. My cent. Anyway great content again! Congratiulations! Keep up the good stuff! Cheers

[@HucksPopCultureCafe]

Jeff this was outstanding. This is literally how I feel. I do get those FOMO moments that I try not to fall prey to. I do very little day one purchases any more just for the sake of posting a timely video. Top Gun Maverick is the first day one purchases I’ve done in a while but it’s because I love that movie a lot…just like you were saying. Does that movie bring me joy? Heck yes it does. I feel like I need to now do a deep dive in my collection and see what can go. I do have many movies still wrapped but for me it’s more because I don’t always have a ton of time to watch stuff more than I don’t want that movie….for now. You’re in my head on this one, pal!

[@ricosuave9060]

Best 40 miutes I've spent since collecting. Thank's for all the advice. Great video!! Now it's time for me to curate!

[@danboy77]

I like to rent before I buy , see if I have an emotional connection with that movie then make a purchase. Great video mate.

[@JavaJunky]

I'm just now getting around to watching my Criterions from the last sale. Too many things need watching.

[@chrisjfox8715]

Truth here. Oftentimes the movies I want the most just aren't coming out on 4k fast enough. I bought a 4k tv naively believing that mostly all of my faves wouldve been released already (Eyes Wide Shut, JFK, Pleasantville, Jackie Brown, There Will Be Blood, Fight Club, etc). I own the blurays of these but many of them don't look that great, having gotten used to how incredible some newer blurays look. So I find myself being in the mood to buy "substitutes" to scratch the itch of what I'm waiting for. I don't have a huge collection, but what drives my buying is often 1) getting increasingly annoyed with streaming, 2) viewing a disc holds my attention far more than streaming does, 3) beautiful packaging, 4) limited time offers, and 5) blind buys are actually exciting because when it works out it feels amazing..yet if it doesn't I'm not hurting. There's movies I don't love that I'm nonetheless happy to own because I have an "academic" appreciation for elements of it. If I only bought what I absolutely adored then I'd only have like 10 movies lol

[@NoFutureInThis]

I really appreciate this video. This is my approach to collecting. Why would I want to own something I don't actually like or want to watch? Good to hear this from someone who has such a substantial collection.

[@SilverShine-tr5kr]

I had the same issue with my collection as well! There were a bunch of TV shows that I bought just because it was a cheap price or had collector's value. For example, that one time when Walmart out of the blue sold some Cartoon Network DVDs that were out of print for years like Ed, Edd n Eddy and The Powerpuff Girls with new slipcovers. Of course, I immediately snagged them at the first chance I got out of fear this would be a once in a lifetime chance to own them for a great deal. I also bought The Proud Family just in case the slipcover became rare. Other shows like Friday Night Lights I bought because it was $2 at Big Lots and Ducktales was $7 at Walmart. Come to a few years later and I still haven't even watched any of them. Now, I am contemplating whether I should've just ignored my collector impulses at the time.

[@1luiszepol]

I remember your early videos you recommend what and how to buy the movies that really matters for a collector Ex. Classic, entertainment and joy. That really helped me a lot.

[@GRORGvideot]

This was a great topic, as others have said! I've toned down my collecting a notch or two (the inflation has helped in that for sure) but indeed there have been times where I thought I have to watch this and this and this classic, just so I can rate it on imdb - OR "if someone comes up and asks me about movie x, I can talk about it!" Crazy, but maybe that's just me. These days I have four Ikea dvd towers and my rule for me is that I have to fit my movies in those - no slipping allowed. If something comes in, something has to go and over time the collection is refined. Season boxes have their own place. It's a good thing all of us here own or have seen Fight Club (right?) so the danger of "the things you own end up owning you" is definitely a real reminder.

[@Megahton]

Great video, man! I'm currently in the process of curating my own collection. It's a liberating experience!

[@conorharte5473]

So glad that these podcasts are back! :)

[@TGIDante]

This is so true. I have an obscene stack of blu-rays & dvds piling up.

[@tonyfarinella]

One quote I’ve learned in therapy and I think it applies to the current landscape of physical media: Choice is the enemy of happiness. There are so many choices out there today with physical media, it’s very overwhelming as you described. How do we decide what to buy, what can wait, and what not to buy at all? I also think studios aren’t helping with certain films only being released for a certain period of time before they go out of print and then you will get gouged on eBay by a flipper. Another thing that affects mental health is the condition of slipcovers, cases, and artwork. As a collector with diagnosed OCD, I’ve felt very depressed and anxious when a movie arrives in bad shape. This is especially true with Amazon. If we are spending a lot of money on a movie, it doesn’t need to be pristine but I don’t think asking for good condition on a box set or important film is too much to ask. Yes, you can order a replacement but it often ends up being more of the same. I don’t fall into the category of it being a status symbol for me. It’s more my identity, my passion, and what is important to me. However, it is not more important than my wife, bills, or day to day tasks. I’m more of the FOMO category. I think moderation is key. One thing I’ve done is check out movies on DVD or Blu-Ray from the library first when I hear they are coming to 4K to see how much I like it. I’d recommend that people rent or stream a film first to make sure it’s something they are excited to buy and want to own. I’m an online film reviewer and just like you, I won’t review just anything. I get criticized for giving mostly positive reviews, but it’s because I only answer a press release on a film I’ve already seen or a film I’m fairly confident I’ll enjoy. It’s a way to spread the word on a great release and save money at the same time. I could go on forever, but this video you made is important and it reached me and made me think. I hope it does for a lot of other people as well. Thanks, Jeff!

[@Saturn2888]

What's interesting is I did the same thing for board games. I started buying games in 2016 and by 2019, I'd already spent $10K. I started selling them and made over $1K back in profit since most of my games had gone out-of-print. The realization for me was that I didn't have time to play many of those games, didn't even like some of them anymore, and by the time my kids could play games, new editions or better games would be out. So I sold a big chunk. My collection today is full, but anytime I buy a new game, I take out something from my collection and sell it.

[@heatheischens9782]

I did this recently and I need to do it again. At the time I had complete collections of vinegar syndrome, severin, scream factory, tons of arrow boxsets, etc and sold a large chunk of them for thousands. I'm still a subscriber for vinegar syndrome and there's tons of their stuff I haven't seen that I still need to get rid of. My collection is at 5000+, I'd love it to be half that haha

[@Theomite]

Throwing movies into my Amazon cart and letting them sit there for a while was one of the ways I beat impulse purchasing. Being able to put them in and take them out in different combinations does all my pruning before I spend a dime. And I hate finding duplicates, but cataloging my entire collection and condensing formats (I like to put the DVD & Blu-ray into the 4K box so I have all 3 formats in one box) has given me many. So I re-purpose them: the duplicates become my casual viewing copies. Same way you might have a first edition of a book that has become valuable, you buy a cheap copy and read that so you can re-read a copy that won't depreciate. But since i developed my pre-purchase system, I rarely have them anymore. It's stuff from like, 5-10 years ago that I have to deal with.

[@homoousias]

This is an important issue to discuss. Thanks!

[@HiCZoK]

There is for sure a satisfaction and peace for minimising and focusing your collection. Mainly because it’s cheaper, looks better and you can find out what you really care about and expand on that. My collecting is video games Andre same rules apply as you describe!

[@Floridiots]

Thank you for this. Seriously.

[@ep3578]

This is a great video. Past few months ive gone thru this with video games and movies myself. I recently went thru and got a big bin and filled it with movies and games i knew i was never going to actually use. As a fellow New England’er, Bullmoose is great. Trade in credit sucks lol but. And, they have a great return policy, so i buy some stuff, watch it, and return it if i didnt like it. Win win

[@jedimaster12100]

This is a great topic. I started doing this with my DVDs. I started separating them to trade them in. I need to do this with my Blurays. I was buying all the MCU movies on release. Now I am trying to be more intentional. I have to do this with my collection. Thank you for covering the, is Jeff.

[@jedimaster12100]

@@WhirlingMusic Oh wow. Thank you for the advice. I will do that.

[@brianlasker5697]

For the most part I don't really buy movies I dont like/haven't seen...anymore. on e and a while I'll just pick something random and watch it. But I still do have all those leftover Blu rays and 4ks that I felt forced to purchased with the fear of missing out. I'm much more healthy and smart about it but I still have that extra stuff I dont want. This helps tremendously to understand how I feel so thank you Jeff from FILMS AT HOME!!

[@antonymcewan9987]

One of the very best videos on KZbin.

[@efuntron]

This is pretty much exactly how I curate my video game collection. Great advice man!

[@derdiskfluesterer]

Thank you so much for this video. This is great stuff. Mental health is important. Right now it’s crazy whats coming out these days with 4K Blu-Rays. I do get the feeling of missing out. But I also learned that I don’t need everything. I wanna keep watching the movies that I love and that I have some good memories of. This video really made my day. Thank you 👍🏻 Dennis

[@Danny-xm1pe]

I set limits for both my movie collection and my game collection. I can only have 100 movies in my collection and 100 games in my collection. If I go over 100 then I have to get rid of my least favorite from the collection to make room for the better movie/game. This ensures that my collection is always representative of the movies and games that I truly care the most about; kind of like my personal Hall of Fame. And realistically I don't have enough time to rewatch/replay more than that and I'm unlikely to ever choose my #101 favorite movie or game over something from that top 100, so this keeps my collection honest about what I will actually rewatch/replay again.

[@robm6502]

I’ve been doing this all fall in anticipation of moving next spring. Found a lot of stuff that I bought because of FOMO are things that I haven’t watched or don’t plan on rewatching in the future. I started holding off on preordering a lot of stuff immediately after it was announced to see what would happen, and a crazy thing happened - I started only buying stuff that I really love (horror, martial arts, classics on 4K). My collection hasn’t grown as fast but it is filling up with stuff I enjoy while I continue to sell off a ton of excess stuff.

[@madfinntech]

Reasons, why I tend to keep multiple formats of my movies, are 1. Artwork. Usually newer the release, the crappier the artwork. Not just front but back, inserts, etc. 2. Extras. Usually newer the release, the fewer extras there are, especially on cheap BDs versus premium DVDs from back in the day. 3. Re-edits, censorship, new shit color grades. Finally, the altering of the actual movie itself, I tend to keep my old formats just in case because of this new trend. I'd love to be able to unload my duplicates but I really do feel I would miss them if I did. Especially the stuff I actually bought myself like 20 years ago, they are nostalgic and most of them have a sentimental story of some kind attached to them.

[@geekstrong1]

Great video, I collect vintage and modern toys and I was buying new toys that I really didn't care about for the FOMO and now I mainly purchase Toys that I love not kinda want. 💪🤓

[@leebjorkman9063]

I steam them first, (between friends and family-and myself, we have all the main streaming services) and go from there. I passed on The Northman for now, I’ll pick it up when it’s down to 15 or less.

[@MrSmellyPotato23]

You can buy some double disc blu-ray cases, and if you have a dvd and a blu-ray of the same movie, change the case out and put the dvd in with the blu-ray. That way you can still have dvd if for some reason you need it

[@jaredmiller7365]

Thanks for this kind of video Jeff. It is really what I try to tell myself all the time when sales and massive releases are dropped all the time. For a typical individual I have a decent collection of about 700 Blu and 4K with a few DVDs. I know it pales in comparison to so many, but I had to consider spacial consideration and I knew I never wanted to buy for the sake of FOMO or because it looked cool. I didn't want to be the person who owns 200 Criterion films and has only seen 20. I really cherish what I have, and it helps that I bend towards classic cinema especially old Horror and Sci-Fi, but the moment I strayed from digital copies I knew I would want it to be built around what I actually love.

[@KingOrest]

I’ve had this thought for some time. Thanks for making this video. I’ve used streaming to keep/takeoff titles on my list. I’ve saved so much money from doing that.

[@Methuselah969V]

Thanks!

[@Gothic55]

Great advice, I too over collect and I will recheck my collection. Another Utuber - Man versus film has also adopted this curating approach.

[@nothingsacred8684]

For me, I've always naturally been a minimalist... except when it comes to video games and movies. I love loved collecting them and seeing them on my shelf. Now in my life I appreciate my video games being digital, and for movies, I'm at a point where I really only desire steelbooks and high quality releases like Criterion.

[@SebastianGroebner]

Great episode and a truly important topic! Thanks, Jeff!

[@psychomoth06]

Sometimes, less is more. When I had to move multiple times over the span of a few years, that made me REALLY re-evaluate my collection and what I actually valued, and I’m better off for it.

[@AlexGreat321]

My collection is mainly stuff from when I was younger, classics (whether that be cult classics or classic classics) or actor/director collections. I've got all the Bruce Lee movies, all the Brandon Lee movies. Trying to complete my Robert Rodriguez collection and my Schwarzenegger collection as well I've been consolidating as well and I've saved so much space

[@JamesPBrown-ku3ez]

Watching this video now and I’m having that struggle right now after our move. I’m so stressed over finding the right DVD storage and downsizing. Thank you for making this video. That rotating storage looks perfect. May I ask where you got it?

[@73ocampo]

Another good example for me was I budgeted for the Arrow Video release, Special limited collectors edition of True Romance and Wild Things. Those were my purchases for the month. I will watch them ever year, timeless movies in my opinion. Thanks again...

[@jnicholls21]

Great video. Inspired me to pull out a fat pile of BDs that I won't watch that won't be going back in the collection.

[@fictionfanatic3469]

Personally man, I found that using the dvd cases that hold couple hundred blu rays in one case & the case easily fits into a small space worked great for me years back when I moved house. I just keep my favourites on a shelf in the blue ray/ 4K cases but any older DVDs etc that I still want for my kids or comedy’s that my wife & I watch but aren’t a favourite, I’m happy to keep in the discs in storage cases. I’ve never had any issues with the discs in them, they’re in cool spot & i make sure to take care when taking them in/out of the case. Helps a heap with the anxiety of having too much clutter but also being able to still own lots of movies!

[@findlay1arches]

I started buying dvds around 2 years ago. I picked them all up so cheap (10 dvds for 1 pound) in charity shops. What I've realised it even from being a kid to a now 36 year old man there's around 50 or 60 movies I'll revisit. Which ius crazy low but it's the truth.

[@filmaniacosperu]

Great video Jeff!

[@hilderbrandco]

Jeff, this is your best video. I feel inspired to start purging my collection. Early on, I had major FOMO. I would buy the slipcover and the steelbook of a movie. No more double-dipping 4K unless it’s Criterion 4K. 😂

[@Transcinephile]

I've been going through a list of about a dozen or so movies I own to see if I truly want to keep them. Some of them I found that I did truly enjoy but some I have gotten rid of such as the Departed and Leon the Professional. They may be classics that I remembered enjoying but upon reinspection I didn't so I got rid of them. I like being able to look at my shelf and know I enjoy everything on it

[@Dyeguy117]

Well damn. My movie collection has been sitting in plastic totes for a few years due to personal situations over the past few years. Finally getting things back under control and organized haha. My wife surprised me with a media shelf today, most of ours in the past have been destroyed due to moving and such, so I’m going to finally be able to get our collection back into shelves and see everything at once and not have to dig through bings of totes to figure out what I want to watch, let alone doubles haha. Now to go movie by movie to figure out where everything is and what I truly have again. Everything has been cataloged and I’ve been doing my best to keep up, but I’ve already found like 10 doubles 🤦🏻‍♂️ At the end of the day you’re talking about, swedish death cleaning. 😊 Question for you. What about movies you keep around for friends or family you know enjoy those movies that you may not care for too much, but keep them around for others? What is your opinion on that type of collecting? *Ive had to edit my post like 5 times because you keep bringing up fantastic points! Haha* Yes, I hate getting rid of movies. It’s been a while since I’ve just looked through and truly said, this needs to go, and did something about it. Glad my wife got the media shelf for us. That will help me so much to be able to see what we have. Everyone’s collection is different and at the end of the day, if people done like the movies they have, then why own them? Ha

[@eddiekrustysock4395]

This some real talk, I had a huge blu ray collection that I just didn’t watch. So I got rid of them and bought an iPad and downloaded my favorite films on iTunes. I still support physical media, but collecting can be a trap.

[@spfilmviewers5629]

Where can I find this 'Does it Make the shelf?' KZbin Channel? Sounds interesting!

[@devononair]

I'm going to heed your advice about spending more money on individual valuable items rather than bulk "value" items. A small collection of nice items is better than a wide collection of "stuff..." I think.