On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Steve Perry wrote:
> Anyone else noted the proximity between the July 13 video release of
> the little-seen *Waco: The Rules of Engagement* and the renewed govt.
> attention to incendiary devices at Waco?
The funny thing about this video is that it seems to have been selling for years like hotcakes through unofficial channels -- it's just that LBO'ers haven't run into it because they are mostly right-wing channels: ads in right wing magazines, direct mailings to people that buy survival gear, etc. This film was the first event (Kosovo being the second) where my right-wing father and I found ourselves strongly on the same side. But it was a surprising comeuppance. I saw the film in Anthology Film Archives years ago, and mentioned that he'd probably like it, never dreaming that he'd go to such a place to see it, with traces of youthful smugness still mixed in with my sympathy. And he trumped me with Oh, if you'd like to see it again, I have a copy upstairs. And he doesn't own any other videos, as far as I know.
In short, I got the impression that part of why this was never released on mass market video was that their direct-marketing campaign was going so well that the film-makers were taking home more profit that way.
Michael
__________________________________________________________________________ Michael Pollak................New York City..............mpollak at panix.com