Is it the most important way to watch it? Absolutely. It is a snapshot of a pre-DMCA, pre-digital panic era where the full artistic vision accidentally survived on a shelf at a mall video store in Omaha.
For lifestyle historians, it is evidence of what mainstream entertainment allowed in 1978. For collectors, it is about the object , not the endorsement. The VHS rip exists because digital preservationists refuse to let a culturally significant (and legally precarious) film disappear into the ether of "content moderation." Pretty Baby 1978 Original vhs rip - UNCUT- 1
If you ever stumble upon a file with this name (often in .AVI or early .MP4 containers, sized between 650MB and 800MB), look for these markers: Is it the most important way to watch it