The Last Blockbuster (2020)

Directors

Taylor Morden

The story

The documentary tells the story of the rise and fall of Blockbuster Video, a video rental business that was popular during the 1990s. The documentary explores how Blockbuster put independent video rental stores out of business by striking revenue-share deals with film studios (allowing Blockbuster to negotiate lower prices in exchange for a cut of the rental fees), and how Blockbuster itself collapsed as a result of poor management and the 2008 financial crisis. The film also documents the business model and continued survival of the last remaining Blockbuster store, in Bend, Oregon.

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