projectgusOct 28, 2022

Media distribution in 2022 is *weird*, and today I found a fantastic example:

I've been listening to the (very funny) 2019 podcast Finding Drago, that was commissioned by the ABC. https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/finding-drago

In one episode they interview Anna Broinowski, who in 2007 made a documentary about a hoax author con artist called Forbidden Lie$

The doco sounds really interesting from Anna's account of it, surely we can watch it somewhere... yeah?

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Finding Drago | Finding Desperado with Alexei Toliopoulos and Cameron James - ABC

Finding Desperado is a brand new investigative mystery podcast, hosted by comedians Alexei Toliopoulos and Cameron James — the team behind the most talked about podcast of 2019, Finding Drago. Australia’s premier (and only) pop culture detectives, Alexei and Cameron have uncovered a bizarre Guinness World Record from 2005. A record held by an elusive European aristocrat. A record that they believe to be fake.

ABC
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Start by looking at usual suspects, the ones we pay monthly subscriptions for. Not there.

Try https://kanopy.com - which is way a great no-cost service available through some libraries that has a ton of documentaries on it. Not there either.

That's all totally fine, but where can we watch this movie?

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Kanopy - Stream Classic Cinema, Indie Film and Top Documentaries

kui

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Oh, it's apparently coming up on SBS TV!
https://www.sbs.com.au/movies/review/forbidden-lie-review

At 1:55am next month...

... and not to be available on their associated streaming source.

Guess I don't want to watch it that much...

[3/n]

Forbidden Lie$ Review

A riveting, compelling character study.

SBS Movies
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Never mind, I can rent it from Microsoft in HD for only AU$4.99. I didn't even know they did that:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/p/forbidden-lie/8d6kgwzj5njj

I can watch the movie on my HoloLens (!), XBox, Windows Phone, or PC with Windows 10 or newer...

Hrm, OK. That's not going to work either.

I briefly checked torrent sites, was reminded how bloody horrible torrent sites are if you don't run a 100% ad blocker. Plus this is an indie documentary, so I would greatly prefer to give the makers a buck or two...

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Buy Forbidden Lie$ - Microsoft Store en-AU

Norma Khouri's best friend Dalia's was murdered by her own father: she had brought disgrace on the family by falling in love with a Christian. Fearing for her own life, Khouri fled Jordan and penned an exposé of the pan-arab practice of "honour killing" through her first person account of Dalia's life. The book, Forbidden Love, went on to become an international Bestseller. But no-one else knew of Dalia. Was Khouri's non-fiction memoir all lies?

Microsoft Store
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Amazon has it. On DVD. For between AU$70.98 and AU$117. Right...

DVDs turned out to be the key, though. Have bought a used copy on ebay for $8.80AU with free shipping. No new royalty payment for the creators, but at least we can donate it to the local op shop after watching...

Bonus, I get to find out if the DVD player still works...

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Oct 28, 2022 at 9:13amWeb