Spout

Janice alerted us to a new online film community Spout.com:
The DVD market is, and has been, in constant flux since the talk of video streaming, Netflix and others. In tandem, community sites like MySpace and Friendster are changing the way we interact with the Internet, particularly among teens who are avid users of these sites. At the crossroads of this is Spout (www.spout.com), the first online community focused on connecting film lovers with great films and the people who have something to say about them. Likened to a MySpace for film buffs, the site hosts advanced technology to push community servers to new limits – providing a better user experience for discussing, organizing and buying all kinds of films.
Spout members search for, organize, recommend and buy their favorite films, as well as interact with each other via an agile and easy-to-use online interface. Personalized film tags like “profound,” “guilty-pleasure” or “cops” replace typical genre labels like “romance” or “adventure,” further personalizing the search for films, while extensive integration of the tools connects films and people in all kinds of relevant ways. People are connected not just based on movie purchases or searches, but by their personal profile, which grows and changes each time they visit the site.
Spout was founded by CEO Rick DeVos and three other passionate Web innovators and filmmakers who had an idea to create a human Web experience that was a trusted place between the multiplex and the film festival where fans can gather to find, enjoy and discuss films. While current competitors offer computer-generated recommendations, spout.com uses real people—experts or mavens—to help consumers sort through the thousands of films they could choose. Ultimately Spout will serve as a distribution network for filmmakers looking fro a way to be heard.
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