In what is sure to be exciting news for serious film lovers is that Hewlett Packard has inked a deal with Sony Pictures to create DVDs on request from Sony’s library of films.  While details have yet to be revealed, what this means is that films not currently available because they are considered too old or too obscure can be part of one’s personal DVD library.  Jason Spivak, head of strategic development at Sony Home Entertainment stated: “We’re hoping this provides another option to make available products that wouldn’t necessarily garner widespread retail shelf space.” There is discussion for other studios to participate as well. For myself, I’m looking forward to the possibility of getting some previously unavailable classics like Man’s Castle, a 1933 film with Spencer Tracy and a very hot teenage Loretta Young, as well as The Model Shop, the only American film by French New Wave director Jacques Demy.

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