Lebanese International Video Co.

Credits

Compiled by
NotPurpleHoodieBoi

Background

Lebanese International Video Co. was a Lebanese company that specialized in videotape distribution and rentals. It was formed in 1982 and grew to be one of the more well-known entertainment companies in the country, but would abruptly shut down when the owner was assassinated in 1985.

Logo (1982-1985)

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Visuals:

• On a black background, there is a large, abstract "video" made out of multicolored bars/curves, everything surrounded by a white outline of the latter. It's lateral faces are multicolored and it's rear extends from the upper-right corner up to the point where no colors are visible. Beneath is "LEBANESE INTERNATIONAL VIDEO CO." in a compressed, serif type, with it's address and phone no. accompanying it. The Arabic transliteration of both the company name and the address/phone no. is shown above "video".
  • A version with a light blue background exists. From here, the colors of "video" are different, the company's name and the address/phone no. we're given a different bold compressed type. They're also colored black along the Arabis transliteration.
• On a multicolored sunburst background is "LEBANESE INTERNATIONAL VIDEO CO" in a stacked format and arched up, with multicolored lateral faces. The text ends down to the bottom where there are two tan rectangles containing just the capital and country's names, and only one single phone number. The sequence starts over a faint colorbar background for a few seconds before disappearing.

Technique: A still, printed graphic.

Audio: "El Bimbo" by Paul Mauriat.

Availability: Found on Lebanese imports of The Super Rider V3 and Suspiria. Also found on releases of Antar Invades the Desert and Ismail Yassine in the Navy.