mitcho.com » Steve Jobs http://mitcho.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:24:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-19719 iTunes Movie Rentals: the movies you watch once? http://mitcho.com/blog/observation/itunes-movie-rentals-the-movies-you-watch-once/ http://mitcho.com/blog/observation/itunes-movie-rentals-the-movies-you-watch-once/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:16:34 +0000 mitcho http://mitcho.com/blog/2008/01/17/itunes-movie-rentals-the-movies-you-watch-once/
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    So why rental? Thus spoke Steve: “Your favorite movie… most of us watch movies once… maybe a few times.”1 Currently number eight on the top rentals is one of Paul Sally’s favorites, The Usual Suspects . From the iTunes Store description:

    There are a handful of movies that demand a second viewing—because they’re so good, or because a surprise ending gives every scene a new meaning when it’s watched a second time. The Usual Suspects is both.

    1. 23:45 into the keynote. ↩

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