I first met Oregon-based filmmaker Taylor Morden when he was directing the documentary, “The Last Blockbuster,” and he interviewed me about my deep and abiding love of physical media. Since then, Morden has been busy. Among other projects, he has made “Unstuffed” (a documentary about Build-a-Bear), “Getting Lost” (a doc focused on the cultural footprint […]
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A-Ska-Calypse Now
Local filmmaker creates a documentary about the ska music genre
As I sat down to watch local filmmaker Taylor Morden’s ska documentary, “Pick it Up!,” I realized I knew nothing about the genre—other than the fact I liked it a lot in middle/high school for about five minutes. I would have liked it longer, but I was young and fickle (but mostly because I discovered […]
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Streaming Killed the Video Star
A new doc muses over “The Last Blockbuster”
Bend is famous for so many different and random things; not just our majestic lakes, snow-capped mountains or miles of trails, and not even limited to our beer, coffee and…a lot more beer. We’re now newly famous for having the last Blockbuster Video in the country, nay, the entire world! Something you could find three […]
