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This is a fun thing to see. I met the great Nathaniel Thompson almost 25 years ago, when I think he was wrangling publicity for Image Entertainment DVDs. His  Mondo Digital page is a solid source for the wide range of fantasy and horror; Nathaniel has a knack for covering extreme horror cinema with an intelligence not seen too many other places. I worked with him off and on at TCM with people like Richard Harland Smith. It was also fun to follow his adventures working for the Academy.

This is a ‘Shelf Space’ web interview produced by Kino Lorber and starring Kino’s Frank Tarzi and Alicia Lu. The talk covers Nathaniel’s career but mostly about his audio commentary work. This is very interesting for someone who has tried a few commentaries — Nathaniel has an enviable ability to let his knowledge and ideas flow, creating coherent, entertaining tracks even on the fly.

Part of the fun is hearing the three discuss audio commentators we all know by name. Nathaniel also explains how he keeps track of his personal archive of over 30,000 discs. I was just happy to enjoy spending some more time with Mr. Thompson.

CineSavant is an independent review site but the discs have to come from somewhere. One distributor has been ‘berry berry good to me,’ so I have no compunction about helping them promote a sale. It’s for The Warner Archive Collection discs at the MovieZyng page. It reads like a good deal to me — the basic come-on is 4 titles for $54 dollars.

I hope I’m communicating the details correctly. One browses eligible Warner Archive titles at the MovieZyng page, and when your cart has 4 titles, you enter code ARCHIVE17 at the checkout.

MovieZyng has an inducement program for its reviewers, but CineSavant isn’t participating. I just don’t want to be an influencer, I guess. But we’re big fans of the WAC and want it to do well. The  Warner Archive 17th Anniversary Sale  is right up top at the

Thanks for reading! — Glenn Erickson