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Twenty Years After Blockbuster Turned Down the Chance to Buy Netflix, the Streaming Site Is Releasing a Documentary About the Bankrupt Rental Store The filmmakers behind the documentary seem to be relishing the meta-humor.
Updated March 13
On Monday, you can watch a documentary about how Netflix contributed to the fall of video stores on—wait for it—Netflix.
Directed by Oregon filmmakers Taylor Morden and Zeke Kamm,
The Last Blockbuster offers a look into the Bend, Ore., Blockbuster—the last outpost of the bankrupt video rental empire on the planet—and its fight to stay open.