2020 gave us some great docs, mostly wrestling ones like Nail in the Coffin or You Can Not Kill David Arquette, but also film ones like Wolfman's Got Nards, but the one i was most stoked for i have been waiting to buy on VHS but it is now on Netflix so i bit the bullet and watched it, The Last Blockbuster. It is great, there have been several docs on VHS and physical media fandom over the past decade but this one you get a real connection with because you get to know the employees. We get a history lesson of the chain, the rise and fall, before it becomes an underdog story. Stories are told about renting videos or working in video stores, then we get to see the town of Bend, Oregon and it's people. It is beautiful and charming and it is still a goal of mine to go visit. Quite ironic that this is now streaming on Netflix but hopefully the added views will make more people decide to make it a destination as well!
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