repo man c/d

(singsong) "Ev-ry-body dead"

Filled with so much classic lines. I watched Repo Man so many times with a friend that we know all the dialogue by heart and still use a lot in conversation. Say somebody drops a beer: "Somebody piss on the floor again."

toking on a joint: "What's in the car? Drugs? Hermanos Rodriguez don't do drugs."

"Get in the car white boy"

"Otto?!? Otto Parts?".

"Eh pappa es un gringo en la calle con su coche!"

and the of course the whole "John Wayne was a fag" thing.

classic. classic. i've even watched the butchered version on regular TV just for the extra scenes they put in AND to hear them say "melonfarmer" over and over.

Who is he talking about?

x0x0

re: Cousins fellow, what a faux-pas, I really thought he was Scottish. But is it really him? The guy I'm talking about never has his mind blown by a film, he always says "although X isn't a truly great film...". I mean every flippin time! It drives me mad. But they the BBC finally get rid of him or did some rabid film fan kick his teeth in?

"Say you're thinking about a plate of shrimp. Suddenly someone says plate, or shrimp, or plate of shrimp. Out of the blue. No explanation."

worth a read.

xpost -- ah, clarity!

fuck i love this movie!

And, oh yeah, CLASSIC. I agree with whoever said it's Cox's best. Sid and Nancy can lick my left one.

There's a lattice of coincidence that lays on toppa' things. Say you're thinkin' bout a plate 'o shrimp, and suddenly somebody says plate, or shrimp, or plate of shrimp outta the blue, no explanation, no point in looking for one either- it's all part of the cosmic unconsciousness.

Give you another example: you know how everybody's into weirdness right now? Supermarkets and books about Bermuda triangles, UFOs, and how the Mayans invented television, that kinda thing? Well, the way I see it, it's exactly the same - there ain't no difference between a flying saucer and a time machine. People get so hung up on specifics that they miss out on seeing the whole thing.

when i think of repo man, i think of this classic line.

Yup. What a fine, fine revival. Perhaps I shall rewatch it in a bit.

"Yeah, but it still hurts."

No wait, it's that "Normal people spend their lives staying out of tense situations. Repo man spends his life IN tense situations"

or something like that

was it a Kevin Smith movie or something? an 80s film? i have no idea where i heard this reference...

The only line I ever feel like quoting is "Ordinary fuckin' people -- I hate em."

Napoleon: Hey buddy! How you doing? Huh? Hey don't you remember me? I was here yesterday. Heh. Listen I think I left a book of matches over in your office over there. You want to go and check for me huh?

Kevin: Sure thing.

Napoleon: Hey thanks a lot buddy.

Kevin: Any thing for you babes.

Napoleon: All right, you're beautiful. I love you.

I only came to this thread to state that I must have at one time expressed something resembling enthusiasm for it because my wife has for decades accused it of being my favorite movie, or somehow standing for the essence of all I hold dear about the cinema. She has repeated this nostrum so many times that I now have an unmerited aversion for the thing. I doubt I shall ever hold a copy of it in my hand again, for fear my wife will see it and pounce on this fact as the vindication of her oft-stated opinion about my tastes.

So, despite my having no clear memory of it, this film and I share a deep intimate bond. Life is strange, but no stranger than my wife.

Uh dude, what Adam said, Raisin Arizona.

(Actually it is still my favoritest thing ever)

THE HELL HE WAS!

"The more you drive, the less intelligent you are."

This is one of those rare films, like Spinal Tap, where all the dialogue is funny in context.

"Hey kid, you wanna earn $10?"
"Fuck you, queer"

"Look."

"Booth's setting him on fire."

"Couldn't enjoy it any more, Mom. Mm, mm, mmm."

I have no appetite or I already ate, so I said I'll just have this drink and keep you company while you eat. Next thing I know, we're sitting at a booth that looks like the Grande sumthinernuther at the Venetian in Vegas, and he has already finished eating because there's a PLATE OF SHRIMP that's half eaten in between stacks of other half-cleared plates at the table.

I awoke soon after and thought of Repo Man because of the plate of shrimp reference.

-- J. Frank Parnell

sweet jesus, that would've been the greatest great thing ever to happen ever.

This is only slightly topped by the fact that they had a chance to talk to Muhammad Ali and his people about having him appear at the end of the film with the preacher and rabbis and the like, in order to show that not even Muhammad Ali could approach the car!

"Hey, what the fuck are you doing with our car?"

"Your car? Are you sure? This looks like my car. Are there pecan pies in the back?"

"Not any more. We ate them."

I still havent listened to that CD. :-(

neither have i. i always forget about it, being buried in that tin box.

the cd that is

You also have that tin box edition? I cherish it. The CD might be lost though. Not sure, should check it. As soon as my daughter can sit down for more than an hour, she's going to HAVE TO WATCH THIS MOVIE.

i also have the evil dead 2 tin box! i missed out on the two lane blacktop one, though

Fuck you, Archie! Just for that, you're not in the gang anymore.

This was one of my first movies I remember from when I was around three to five years old. I remember liking how much of an adventure it was, though I can't imagine what else I would've picked up from it at the time. This would've been the silly television-censored version, of course.

Seeing it again recently I was struck by how similar the tone of the bizarro world is to the Grand Theft Auto series. The basic plot of car-stealing aside, the off-the-wall characterizations of people - from the way some people are either infinitely selfish and conniving or these otiose zombies - and the non-stop parody of mass culture struck me as being very similar to the games. There isn't really a classically sympathetic character in the movie or the games.

The radio station commercials Otto listens to at one point also sound like those hilarious pseudostations that appear in GTA.

You like music, listen to this. I was into these dudes before anyone. Wanted me to be their manager. I called bullshit on that. Managing a pop group is no job for a man.

I don't want no commies in my car. No Christians either.

Always intense.

When a boat owner defaults on his loan, the bank hires Jeff Henderson to seize its property. The former Army detective tracks the boat down in a backyard or a marina or a garage and hauls it to his storage area and later auctions it off. After nearly 20 years in the repossession business, Mr. Henderson has never been busier.

“I used to take the weak ones,” he said. “Now I’m taking the whole herd.”

...

Mr. Henderson, 48, is repossessing nearly a boat a day, most from the Great Lakes area but a few farther afield. He is looking for a man from the Bronx named Rocko, who told the bank his 34-foot cruiser was at a marina that does not exist. He is trying to get a Michigan woman to tell him where to find her husband’s pontoon boat.

The bigger the boat, the harder to hide. A few miles from Mr. Henderson’s office is a house that, even in depressed Michigan, would sell for a million dollars. Tied up on the canal in back, just visible from the street, is a 40-foot Silverton yacht. As Mr. Henderson surveyed the area the other day, something nagged at his memory.

Finally he remembered: “I’ve taken this boat before.” Owners of repossessed boats have a few weeks to redeem them, and this fellow had availed himself of the opportunity. Now, a few years later, he was in trouble again. Mr. Henderson shrugged. “I took it before, I’ll take it again. After I take it a few more times, he’ll be eligible for a Christmas card. One guy, I took his boat four times.”

i'm lookin for ROCKO

has you seen em?

Some days we're all looking for Rocko.

I think this is my favorite movie of all time.

I will have to watch this again. Tonight maybe. Thinking about it, it never stops amazing me (yes, I am literally amazed!) not just how funny it is, but how fragile, because it could have been so wrong and so bad in so many ways, and yet there's not one misstep. It's some kind of goddamn miracle.

Hard to top this, but the boat repo man has movie-concept legs.

think what costner could do with the concept

Best damn boat on the lot.

How much better would Waterworld have been if Costner was a repo man?

You like music, listen to this. I was into these dudes before anyone. Wanted me to be their manager. I called bullshit on that. Managing a pop group is no job for a man.

-- latebloomer, Saturday, March 29, 2008 7:02 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Link

I don't want no commies in my car. No Christians either.

-- latebloomer, Saturday, March 29, 2008 7:04 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark Link

i was just coming here to quote the 2nd but the first is ridiculously classic & im sad i have no memory of it; must be a HDS one though

the Harry Dean Stanton interview on the DVD is a masterpiece of nihilism.

It was Lite who called bullshit on managing a band, nutz.

finally saw it. awesome stuff.

2 points worth mention,beside the ones on this thread:

1. Tarantino probably watched it at least 10 times.
2. the photography is excellent (Robby Müller, who also worked with wim weners and jim jarmusch)

Agreed on both.

dude, you only saw it NOW? how old are you? i do hope you're about 13 or from another planet. ;-)

from another planet. or at least another country

http://defamer.com/assets/resources/2008/05/mr_fp_244522.jpg

"....you're all repo men!"

"So what if we are?"

*pours beer on floor*

Um, someone please tell me this is a fucking joke:

http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/12/04/repo-man-sequel-starts-filming-next-month/

list repo chick dream soundtrack here

1. MIA - Paper Planes

http://www.waldoshawaiianholiday.com/

"I didn't get fucked and I didn't get kissed/I got so fucking pissed"

Why the title theme is never on any of Iggy's best ofs is one of the great mysteries.

http://www.waldoshawaiianholiday.com/

oh god, the art is so awful.

also somebody stop the sequel, please.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090227/ap_on_re_us/repo_violence

Violence between repo men, car owners on the rise

repo chick is done shooting http://www.alexcox.com/blog.htm

who knew this had started?

In South America thousands of people go missing every year. Nobody knows where they go. They just like disappear. But if you think about it for a minute, you realize something. There had to be a time when there was no people. Right?

Yeah. I guess.

Well where did all these people come from? hmmm? I'll tell you where. The future. Where did all these people disappear to? hmmm?

The past?

That's right! And how did they get there?

How the fuck do I know?

Flying saucers. Which are really? Yeah you got it. Time machines. I think a lot about this kind of stuff.

C'mon let's go commit some crimes!

REPO MANG

but YOU? !!

(everybody..)

"YOU'RE ALL RIGHT!!!"

Look at 'em, ordinary fucking people, I hate 'em.

just watched coz am so sodding bored. great film

watching for the first time

rules!

i think about it whenever i eat sushi tbh

let's do a crime

lets get sushi . . . and not pay

No communists in my car...no christians either!

suppose you're thinkin' about a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness.

Ever been to Utah? Ra-di-a-tion. Yes, indeed. You hear the most outrageous lies about it. Half-baked goggle-box do-gooders telling everybody it's bad for you. Pernicious nonsense. Everybody could stand a hundred chest X-rays a year. They ought to have them, too. When they canceled the project it almost did me in. One day my mind was full to bursting. The next day - nothing. Swept away. But I'll show them. I had a lobotomy in the end.

__________________________

Lobotomy? Isn't that for loonies?

__________________________

Not at all. Friend of mine had one. Designer of the neutron bomb. You ever hear of the neutron bomb? Destroys people -- leaves buildings standing. Fits in a suitcase. It's so small, no one knows it's there until -- BLAMMO. Eyes melt, skin explodes, everybody dead. So immoral, working on the thing can drive you mad. That's what happened to this friend of mine. So he had a lobotomy. Now he's well again.

omg how did i make it this far in life w/o this movie

My wife just said the movie is boring. Boring! omg.

Put it on a plate, son. You'll enjoy it more.

______________________________

Couldn't enjoy it any more, Mom. Mm, mm, mmm.

omg did not realize the everyone-named-after-beer thing

gypsy dildo punks

ordinary fucking people... I hate them!

Managing a pop group is no job for a man.

wauw:

The Wired Repo Man: He’s Not ‘As Seen on TV’

Brian Mason, chief executive of Seven Star Recovery Services, which operates primarily in Orange County, Calif., found a wanted car in MVTRAC’s database while driving on Interstate 5. When his computer matched the plate with the list of wanted vehicles, the ka-ching sound of a vintage cash register rang out. Mr. Mason followed the driver home, where he handed over the car.

man, this movie is a lot more down on punk than I remembered.

Part of the reason it's so good still! It's like John Waters trashing hippies in the early seventies even though that was his audience.

do you think they give a damn about their bills in russia?

no. everything's free there.

i totally saw this for the first time like a year or so ago with a few friends, it went about like gbx's reaction above. since then we've made a few other ppl watch it with us and they've all been like 'idk it's pretty alright' so i'm glad there are so many others to validate my stance!

i can't imagine anyone feeling ambivalent toward repo man. seems like a love-it-or-hate-it film.

i dunno i think if you don't really latch on to the dialogue i could see ppl thinking the movie was just a bunch of meh/kinda weird things that happened.

eatin sushi right now tbh

maybe I won't pay

Punkrock Emilio = the coolest Emilio imo.

Miller: John Wayne was a fag.
All: The hell he was.
Miller: He was, too, you boys. I installed two-way mirrors in his pad in Brentwood, and he come to the door in a dress.

i saw this a few years ago and thought it was OK. i was watching it with friends and there was a lot of talking and drinking, so i really didn't give it the attention it deserved.

gave it another go this past week and i really fucking loved it. so many great little jokes and moments. endlessly quotable, awesome soundtrack, beautiful ending. i foresee this becoming a favorite.

"ah, excuse me while i fold my pants."

such a great sense of place too. i don't personally know what 1980's LA was like, but this really feels right.

Over-rated. Alex Cox - the indie Micheal Winner (in terms of quality of film only, not table manners etc).
― DavidM, Saturday, 1 September 2001 00:00 (9 years ago) Bookmark

I think I've found the stupidest thing I've ever written on this site. "The indie Michael Winner"??? I don't even. This is an amazing film.

Nine years and fifteen days will change a person.

"Enchante."

This is coincidence on the level of the script mechanics -- this fellow came up in discussion on the DVD commentary for the film, which I relistened to last night, and today his obit runs:

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-sam-cohen-20101202,0,7039951.story

It was either Cox or Nesmith talking about how they ended up having lunch with him at some point well after the film was made, and apparently Cohen's two favorite films were Dr. Strangelove and, indeed, Repo Man.

It happens sometimes. People just explode.

Natural causes.

serious stealth poignancy on:

- There had to be a time when there was no people, right? Well, where did all these people come from? I'll tell you where. The future. And where did all these people disappear to?

- The past?

- That's right! And how did they get there?

- How the fuck do I know?

- Flying saucers! Which are also? Time machines!

Watched this recently for the first time since i was a teenager and was worried it wouldn't hold up but it's still pretty awesome.

does this movie beat Airplane! for quotability density?

oh that's tough. Airplane is like every single line quotable. Repo Man definitely up there but I dunno about beating it.

Thought the revive would be about this:
http://www.hollywoodgothique.com/wp-content/uploads/Repochick.JPG

wait.

WHAT?

best to forget that movie exists

Yeah I just googled and got mega bummed out.

what a terrible tagline.

There is no such film.

orly

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1379734/

Oh, I'm aware that it was filmed and physically exists and all that, but as someone who's seen the original literally dozens of times, burned out at least two copies of the soundtrack on cassette, owns the DVD, etc., etc., THERE IS NO SUCH FILM AS "REPO CHICK."

lol, sorry. Right there with you.

this kind of looks amazing, though
http://bitcast-a-sm.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/wp/wp-content/images/repo-chick-jpeg2.jpg

it looks sort of terrifying

I was just singing "Feelin' 7-Up" today and smiling about the movie, and then... this.

Why so tense, guy?

Leila : "What about our RELATIONSHIP?"
Otto : "Fuck that!"
*Otto boards spaceship-car*

I'M GLAD I TORTURED YOU

Hey buddy, how you doing, huh? Hey, don't you remember me? I was in here yesterday. Listen, I think I left a book o' matches over in your office over there. You wanna go check it out for me, huh?

There's a youtube thing on the making of Repo Chick, which was filmed in front of green screens and then most of the scenery was created with miniatures. I forget exactly how Alex Cox comes across in it, but i remember watching and thinking "This seems really haphazardly put together" or something.

i just watched the trailer for this ("this" being REPO CHICK) and man it looks like the cutscenes from a 6-CD computer game from 1995.

what in the motherfuck

im almost positive i spotted my beloved cingular umbrella girl in that 'trailer'

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2006/06/cingular-umbrella-girl.jpg

reminds me of art school girls of doom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOAjW3q7MDg

Cingular umbrella girl (Angela Sarafyan) is, in fact, in Repo Chick according to IMDB.

Has anyone actually seen it?

What does Repo Chick repossess?

Will to live maybe?

Going to see this as a Midnight Movie tonight. I've never seen it projected. So excited!!!!!

the OP's dn is underrated

xp How'd it play to a big audience? I've certainly never seen it in a theater.

I couldn't tell you. There were maybe 12 or so people there besides me. They seemed to like it though. One gag that went over surprisingly well was the Televanglist on the TV in the hospital scenes. ("A very sad unchristian thing just happened..." ).

I concur

To any producers that follow me: films don't have to be just "Thor" style or "Water For Elephants" style. They can also be "Repo Man" style.

Repo Chick shot in Ariane's apartment?

Quietus interview with Mr. Cox

I've just read that, it's a good 'un.

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwki5uw1YY1qcay1ao1_500.gif

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwkiaxN5Ok1qcay1ao1_500.gif

why so tense guy

I saw "Repo Chick". Bleah. It was entertaining but the writing was horrible and the satire was pretty limp, especially compared to the first one. She's nice to look at and that's about it.

Animated gif of Emilio pouring out the beer is so rad.

your goddamned brother

pernicious nonsense

HEY he's taking to you, MAN!

I blame society!

Fuck that!

Plate of shrimp.

no one is innocent. proceed.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/ff1d/RepoMan_ZanderSchloss.jpg

http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp201/sharonjoy666/tumblr_m0quqq7ZZJ1qchzcgo3_1280.png

http://www.ctpost.com/default/article/Radioactive-man-Milford-resident-pulled-over-by-3549631.php

Holy YES

Jeff Goldsmith ‏@yogoldsmith
Ok wow - actress Olivia Barash said she just did an interview about Repo Man for @criterion - so we have that look forward to!

criterion is picking this up?? niiiiiiice

:D

ordinary fuckin people

woop!

YAY!

cinefamily did this as a midnight movie last night. i didn't go, only cuz i'm feeling under the weather.

We got details:

New high-definition digital restoration, approved by director Alex Cox, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Audio commentary featuring Cox, executive producer Michael Nesmith, casting director Victoria Thomas, and actors Sy Richardson, Zander Schloss, and Del Zamora
Interviews with Cox, Richardson, and Zamora; producers Peter McCarthy and Jonathan Wacks; actors Olivia Barash, Dick Rude, Miguel Sandoval, and Harry Dean Stanton; musicians Keith Morris and Iggy Pop; and Sam Cohen, the inventor of the neutron bomb
Deleted scenes
The complete “cleaned-up” television version of the film, prepared by Cox
Trailers
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Sam McPheeters; an illustrated production history by Cox, with his original comic and film proposal; and a 1987 interview with real-life repo man Mark Lewis

Commentary sounds like the same one from before, but just about everything else is new. Getting the cleaned-up version will be amazing.

exciting!!!

GYPSY DILDO PUNKS

I dug the newsletter clue they did:

https://i5.createsend1.com/ei/r/84/E1B/230/033419/images/wacky_movie.jpg

http://s3.amazonaws.com/criterion-production/release_images/4068/654_BD_box_348x490.jpg?1358275965

Okay I do like that cover a LOT

That's great and I want it painted on the back of a leather jacket. Which I will send to myself in 1987.

otm

fuck yes

haven't seen this in ages, never really struck a chord w/ me cept Stanton's lines

(fine soundtrack obv)

I dug the newsletter clue they did:

https://i5.createsend1.com/ei/r/84/E1B/230/033419/images/wacky_movie.jpg

― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, January 15, 2013 1:44 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

movie box above should arrive in handsome generic movie brand slipcase

When does this come out? That cover is fantastic

haven't seen this in ages, never really struck a chord w/ me cept Stanton's lines

― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, January 16, 2013 8:02 AM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4QKiYar9pI

watched this recently on a pretty poor DVD version, it was notable how much it needed cleaning up. Awesome they've done that!

Yeah, that's something going unremarked -- Robby Müller's cinematography is just stellar, so to see it all cleaned up this way is going to be a beauty. Gets the bright light of the sky around here perfectly.

it was pretty much VHS quality IIRC which did add a certain nostalgic something, but yeah it deserves to be able to shine.

it's kinda killing me that I can't remember what theater I saw it in in '84

The local art theater had this a year or two ago and i had always seen it on VHS at a friend's place etc and it was such a HUGE riot. Yes, the cinematography is beautiful, but the script is brilliant. It's jam-packed with iconic memorable lines. Probably the best cult film of all time imo. Seeing it in the theater was such an incredible experience i don't think i will ever be able to watch another Alex Cox movie cos there is no way they can match up. The stars were aligned with this one.

"Ordinary fucking people."

Walker is pretty wild

Walker is kind of a bore. Highway Patrolman is pretty good.

Straight To Hell is fun when you're drunk

If this is the same as the Masters of Cinema UK Blu-ray release that came out a year ago, check out the Harry Zen Stanton extra feature. It's... something.

"Ordinary fucking people."

This line turned up in Party Down and I was like, yeah, I think I can handle this show.

scored an advance copy of the Criterion relase

omg u guys

it's a little weird at first to see it not looking like a 5-times dubbed vhs copy, which I think I had kind of subconsciously lumped into 'part of its charm'

but all that LA squalor looks so beautiful now lol :) and the final sequence flying over LA was meant for the bluray transfer, it really came up beautifully.

I want to staple the packaging to a jacket and wear it around

Yeah, I have a copy of the UK Masters of Cinema blu-ray which I think is the same transfer. It looks fucking great - you could lose yourself in the lines in Harry Dean Stanton's face.

Repo Man's up there with Chinatown as one of the quintessential LA movies. Have we done an "LA movies" thread?

We have! And Repo Man's in the OP! Thanks Ned.

Great LA films

i don't know how I never noticed before but in that first opening scene, when the camera is on the car looking back down the highway you can see the smog line on the horizon

Alex Cox on the new edition

awesome

especially this:
By the way, the rights to the original screenplay of REPO MAN revert to me in just a few years’ time. If anyone wants to remake the original script, or do a sequel to it, get in touch with me in early 2015…

fkn studio weasels man what a bunch of cwords

I've never been happier to have a timely backlog of amazon pts

We have! And Repo Man's in the OP! Thanks Ned.

Ha, thanks. Yeah, it's a no-brainer, this.

ilxors we should make a pact to hit up Coxy in 2015 with our sequel/remake/lolcats version

After Repo Chick, im not too sure any revisiting of the Repo Man brand needs to happen ever again.

I really really want this re-release tho!

I have the 2003 Universal DVD, but am strongly considering buying this new version (but the 2DVD set, not the Blu-Ray, as I don't own a Blu-Ray player).

I think the addition of the tv cut alone is worth the repurchase.

Just pre-ordered it from Amazon for $20.

http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2737-repo-man-packaging

gorgeous and i want it but that single comment still otm

For once the US Blu-ray packaging is better the the UK's.

lol @ generic packaging, otm

in the commentary Cox said that the only 2 sponsors for the movie were Ralph's supermarkets for the generic food/bevs, and the airfresheners, which is why they're everywhere in the movie :D

Generic "DVD" packaging on matte stock with that mohawked skull + title + Criterion logo in high-gloss spot varnish would have worked.

or outer paper sleeve with generic DVD packaging / mohawk skull slides out, is actual cover

looks great. want. generic packaging would have been fun, but a little too dull for such an antic film. agree with random commenter that generic "disc" is a nice compromise.

or outer paper sleeve with generic DVD packaging / mohawk skull slides out, is actual cover

― 乒乓, Tuesday, April 16, 2013 3:02 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ding

Watching it now. The print is fucking pristine. Totally worth it.

Haven't watched the main feature yet, but have been through most of the extras. One thing I've taken away (and I don't know how I slept on this the first 20-30 times I've seen the movie) is that Olivia Barash (Leila from The United Fruitcake Outlet)was quite the little fox back then.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/fFsbqlx6ud5wgbttV0mpfv5P_400.jpg

Leila: What about our relationship?

Otto: What?

Leila: Our relationship!

Otto: Fuck that!

Leila: You SHITHEAD! I'm glad I tortured you!

the slaps were unplanned - she says in the interview that that's why emilio was laughing, he had no idea she was gonna do it either time <3

blu-ray is in my hot little hands as well; waiting to watch it though till I have a suitably sizable group to watch it with. First ever blu ray purchase too.

I feel like I should buy the Bluray, too, just in case I one day have a player.

gotta use this PS3 I bought for something

Hah United Fruitcake Outlet.

"I blame society"

bought a copy of this today on a whim, and because it was on sale for cheap. a cheap whim. it's beautiful. incredibly well designed on every level. such a great idea to style it in the manner of punk show flyers, photocopied fanzines and underground comics. makes it feel like a tribute to a cultural moment as much as, you know, dvd packaging.

was so happy when this slotted alphabetically right next to the the rules of the game criterion

I kinda loved Repo Chick. I mean, it's terrible on many levels, and in no way gets out of the original's shadow, but after you get past what it isn't, the film is an enjoyable romp. I got swept away and also liked the way Cox paid tribute to outmoded special f/x processes like miniatures/models and back-projections by utilizing them via modern yet still lo-fi techniques (digital green screen compositing). The movie is on the better end of the contemporary "midnight movie" school.

It also helps that I got my copy for $1.50. It's worth that much.

Like in '84, it looks great (Robby Muller) and is at its best when Stanton or Tracey Walter is monologuing, but not really much of a movie. Good soundtrack tho.

melonfarming seems to be a popular pastime.

& cheetos, doritos and cornfritos are a great balanced diet innit?

xpost

http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/repomanbeer.jpg

young Emilio was a nice piece too

VG this one will need to be on a loop

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A+

you're lookin for a joke with a microscope

drive around with me for a night in L.A., morbs. by dawn you'll "get" this movie. If we're still alive.

I've seen enough of L.A. to "get" it

I just need you to drive my old lady's car out of this bad area

she's a rock.

that line really seems like genius on the 12th viewing huh

if it didn't seem like genius on the first viewing then you don't deserve eyes/ears/brain etc

unassailable classic from the first to the last

Stanton's line readings are great, bad area is a good example

I'm assailing much of it though and I was a punk before you were a punk, punk

hey the security guard's knitting, and John Wayne was a fag

why so tense, guy

this is the greatest movie ever made and anyone who disagrees should have their status as an oscar-voter revoked.

you sir, 'Morbius' are no doctor

i blame society

I was just thinking about a plate of shrimp yesterday; knew this thread was due up.

the lattice of coincidence

I think the ending w that plugz instrumental and the soaring car is p spine tingling for some reason.

God I only just, one minute ago, got the names Bud/Miller/Lite. I feel like an idiot.

o_O now so do i O_o

it's sort of like figuring out Mulholland Drive, aint it

no

this is basically a stoner comedy for punks, so it's surprising i like it as much as i do.

Repo man > The Player > Mulholland Drivd > Grand Canyon > Crash

Know why I love this movie? Because it's so unassailably, unabashedly weird. It's nearly peerless in demeanor, tho Buckaroo Banzai sits at the same lunch table... And if it doesn't get auteured to death, Anderson's Inherent Vice adapt might sidle up shortly some year.

xp Where does The Human Tornado slot?

yeah Buckaroo Banzai, another fitfully amusing '80s "nice try" at eccentricity.

I would totally eat lunch with Repo Man & Buckaroo Bansai

and Morbs you can eat lunch in the park, you're not invited

make sure you got-a ciabatta for lunch, morbs.

(wendy's new ads are the worst, by the way. well, second-worst, behind kfc's "selfie" ads)

Brewster McCloud can join us, VG

I couldn't enjoy Wendy's any more.

can Tapeheads come to lunch too? I kinda feel like that belongs in the diner somewhere.

it's the island of misfit movies

I couldn't enjoy Wendy's any more.

― pplains, Thursday, March 13, 2014

HAVE YOU TRIED THEIR PRETZEL BUNS?

http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2013-06-24-Wendys_PretzelBaconCheeseburger.JPG

I'll try it on a plate next time.

the pretzel burger is shit but the pretzel chicken sando's p good

this seems like an illusory distinction, to me.

The life of a pretzel burger is always intense

let's go get wendy's and not pay

There's fuckin' room to move as a fry cook. I could be manager in two years.

oh, the wit

The lights are growing dim Otto. I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame wendy's. wendy's pretzel-bun burgers made me what I am.

Dr M crazy, this movie is a classic for the "normal people" rant alone.

oh, the wit

― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, March 13, 2014

just for that you're not in the gang anymore.

God I only just, one minute ago, got the names Bud/Miller/Lite. I feel like an idiot.

also Oly.

AB, it's "Ordinary fuckin' people, I hate em"

http://media.giphy.com/media/t8io2VKrFLW5G/giphy.gif

my '70s CBGB punk BFF agrees that it's mildly amusing bullshit.

GAME SET MATCH CALI PUNK SUX

pfft whatever arty ny punks are just jealous that cali punks have tans

EAT IT

Exene probly does HDS's dialogue straight, the armed libertarian crone!

my '70s CBGB punk BFF agrees that it's mildly amusing bullshit

Ha ha, this falls right in line with my long-held theory that '70s punks (and the critics who championed the CBGB scene) were a bunch of art school shits who looked down their noses at those knuckle-dragging hardcore kids coming on the scene behind them.

uh trust me, he hated school (college dropout) and is a fairly violent man for a big earner.

Didn't know you knew Glenn Danzig.

didya watch any of the Cox-edited TV version on the CC? Inserted scenes on Stanton having a bourgie man's daughter's car towed, destroying a pay phone etc.

uh trust me, he hated school (college dropout) and is a fairly violent man for a big earner.

This dude sounds awesome, where does he go to express his opinions on Repo Man?

your mom's house

Gypso dildo punk!

United Fruitcake Outlet >>>

Do I try to catch repo man in 35mm or do I finally watch the Blu-ray which I haven't opened yet

I can only do one or the other

One option saves $14 and I won't have to feel embarrassed for everybody who laughs in the wrong places or fails to laugh in the right ones

It's up to you--there's still plenty to savor on the blu after the screening. I saw it projected as a midnight show a few years back (and wrote about it somewhere upthread iirc) with a tiny audience--no more than 15 people--who seemed to get it.

Fun read, draws on a lot of the Criterion edition but there's other good stuff too

http://io9.com/the-weirdest-things-you-never-knew-about-the-making-of-1673079559

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/iggy_pop_reunites_with_director_alex_cox

Third Film:Acoustic installment announced with Neko Case and Repo Man

Film:Acoustic, the series of film screenings paired with talks by musicians, returns to Durham's Carolina Theatre again next month for a presentation of cult hit Repo Man, with Neko Case discussing the film. Case was last in town back in the fall for a sold-out gig at the Cradle with The New Pornographers.

The goal of Film:Acoustic is to present films that inspire particular artists, along with a discussion with the artist about what the film means to them. Joining Case will be Michael Nesmith, who was an executive producer of Repo Man. Yes, he was also once in the 1960s pop outfit The Monkees.

The series debuted in December with The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne discussing the 1974 film The Night Porter. This month's installment is this Monday with Americana star Lucinda Williams and the 1979 adaptation of Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood. Tickets to Monday's program are still available, and tickets for Case and Repo Man are on sale now. And while Coyne didn't play any music at his program, Williams is expected to play a few tunes—no word yet on which way Case will go.

shoobidy do wop wop say what yeah

lets go commit crimes

i keep trying to think of films that have the same odd tone and same kinda nonsensical story with a a handful of narrative dead ends and unexplained relationships that still succeed as well, but i can't.

That comment makes me think of Computer Chess, which certainly isn't close to as successful as Repo Man but is maybe in that same universe

buckaroo banzai, kinda?

Yeah that's a good suggestion. Obviously a little sillier and more blatantly sci-fi but it has a weird deadpan tone and Rasta aliens.

straight to hell too, but since it's alex cox too it might be too obvious

too too too

I hadn't considered it before but I think Saint Clara (Israeli teen movie from the 90's) has some similarities - grungy aesthetic, non sequitur jokes, mysterious subplots that are left open-ended, supernatural events, people going on weird tangents about celebrities, etc. The only TV show that anyone watches is a newscaster in all black who delivers apocalyptic reports of environmental disaster ("Trees will rain on your head. And once again, your children will be wearing orange raincoats.") it's a bit more charming and romantic than Repo Man though.

just realized dude where's my car has same plot as repo man

Drive that car into the sky, sir.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcJXT5lc1Bg

word

Soundtrack's pretty good too.

god i love the cinematography in this movie

https://videos.files.wordpress.com/bAbcitLf/repo_man_split-diopter_dvd.original.jpg?w=950&h=510

https://www.ignatius.edu/news/september-2019/plate-o-shrimp-moments

ok lol

repo man fans walk among us, verily

“Holy sheep sh*t!”

I recently rewatched Return of the Living Dead and realized it has a strong Repo Man vibe. Good soundtrack too.

Finally got the Criterion Blu-ray and was almost unreasonably delighted with the disc art itself being a generic blue-and-white 'Disc'

yeah bluray is truly a thing of beauty

That’s great, I’ve gotta open it... I’ve had it sitting on the shelf for years (next to two DVD editions!).

Was just saying to my wife earlier tonight that I think it's time to show the kids Repo Man. No idea what they'll make of it, it's such a missive from a lost world. They have zero reference points for most of the things in the film.

you totally should

Tell them to put it on a plate, they’ll enjoy it more.

the kids should still be able to enjoy a TV Party at the very least

oh i watched this the other week! first time in a couple of decades that i’ve seen it. such a great film. loved every second.

heh -- this reminds me of a year or so ago -- hanging out at 924 Gilman before a show because my friend was playing (hi Chaki!) and sitting on a couch and they were projecting Repo Man on a sheet in the corner, and I was like ... I have figured out how to live. My 19 year old self would be proud.

Ok, watched this with the kids tonight — ages 13 and 16 — and they LOVED it. They thought it was weird and hilarious. The older one said “This is like a punk rock album as a movie,” which is obviously correct. And not having seen it in years myself, I was happy with how well it held up. It has great pacing and so many perfect little scenes.

They thought it was weird and hilarious. The older one said “This is like a punk rock album as a movie,” which is obviously correct.

Pretty much sums up my reaction upon getting it from the video store for the first time at 14.

omg tipsy that fills my heart with joy <3

Mine too!

Nez's follow-up production TAPEHEADS is on YouTube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4kdKdibTMQ

tapeheads is awesome, required viewing

I know, right? I scrubbed through the video to check the quality, and every time I stopped = laughs.

this promo vid for Tapeheads is fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlkrd5XXgz0

watched the censored version the other night on the criterion blu-ray, bc our son wanted to watch it. he liked it, though obv had to explain a couple things that were very '80s. the tv version isn't nearly as good as the theatrical; i think the film has such a delicate balance in its original version, and everything feels right, and some of the cut scenes don't work as well in terms of the overall story. it's just an extremely well-edited film, they made the right cuts. but it's still good obv. now the kid knows where, "put it on a plate son..." comes from, after having said it to him many times when he's snacking straight outta the bag. his favorite line to quote now though is "i ain't gonna be no repo man, no way."

awww

are you going to have shrimp for dinner tonight?

Censored version has the awesome substitute profanity tho ("melon-farmer!," etc.)

The television cut has the remarkable scene of Harry Dean Stanton destroying a telephone booth that I adore

This thread reminded me to rewatch Death & the Compass, which is still my favourite film of Cox’s.

Went to a plastic model swap meet this weekend, looking for a ‘64 Chevy Chevelle just so I could paint it bright glowing green.

I was not successful.

are you going to have shrimp for dinner tonight?

― sarahell

we had shrimp the night after, we briefly discussed the latticework of coincidence! oh his other favorite quote is "find one in every car. *you'll* see."

i always enjoy the substitute profanity in this one of course but i think the pacing is just a bit off and a couple scenes run too long, like the ones w/j frank parnell i'm thinking. phone booth destruction is a good one.

IIRC the scene at the party with the "Repo Wives" is also longer, and there's an exchange w/HDS on the porch that sort of clarifies later action... but yeah I agree the pacing feels off, especially with the longer Parnell monologue.

actually think the biggest laugh for my kid came from:

Otto: You're going to be all right man.
Duke: (gurgles up some blood, sputters, dies)
Otto: Maybe not.

beamish13, yeah, Death & The Compass rules! Last watch I noticed it homages a scene from For A Few Dollars More almost shot by shot, Alex Cox vmic

Cox’s work as a western films historian is just incredible. His University of Colorado students are very fortunate to have him as a professor

Best god-damn car on the lot...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MGmugjxBjg

speaking of Cox, westerns, and food

also if I made a "comp for kids" -- this would be on it lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzi0gjzXCzg

https://variety.com/2024/film/markets-festivals/alex-cox-directing-kiowa-gordon-repo-man-sequel-1235911445/

The “Repo Man” director is revisiting the off-kilter world of extraterrestrials and car repossession that he mined so memorably in the 1984 cult classic in a new sequel that is being introduced to buyers at the Berlin Film Festival and European Film Market. Entitled “Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer,” the film is being backed by Buffalo 8 Productions, a film and media company best known for the critically acclaimed work on Netflix series “The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes.” Cox wrote the script along with directing the film.

Kiowa Gordon, best known for his role as Embry Call in “The Twilight Saga” and for his work in the AMC series “Dark Winds,” is set to lead the cast as Otto. Emilio Estevez played Otto in the 1984 original. The film picks up after Otto has boarded his trusty 1967 Chevy Malibu to journey across the infinities of time and space. In that time he has aged exactly 90 minutes.

...

The filmmakers promise to “deliver an enthralling mix of punk energy, existential comedy, and unconventional storytelling, navigating the absurd and chaotic world of repo men into a new age of nuclear brinkmanship and driverless cars.”

...and there's this other nugget from Cox about a perceived connection between Repo Chick and a certain new blockbuster (https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/repo-man-2-alex-cox-exclusive)

Cox later produced a spiritual sequel to Repo Man called Repo Chick, which doesn’t share any characters or plotlines but takes place inside the world of the original film.

“Repo Chick isn't actually a sequel to Repo Man,” Cox says. “It’s a story in the Repo World, but it takes place not in the Los Angeles that we know, but as a model railroad layout. The characters are classic model railroad figures like seven or eight centimeters high. It's very like Barbie in terms of its visual aspect, or I should say Barbie is very like Repo Chick.”

I thought he couldn’t do that bc Universal controlled sequel rights, but I guess that’s not true (or he got them somehow).

this made me look up the actor who says my favourite line (of many!) in the original = leila saying "laugh away, fuckface!"

and it turns out (as everyone except me knows no doubt) she was a very storied child actress with a cult following (who now makes documentaries)

(content warning perhaps for that link: it's mainly about a plotline in little house on the prairie but it's a pretty ugly plotline)

I imagine this sequel won’t be very good (if it ever gets made), but I hope there’s a scene where Otto visits his parents and they’re still sitting there on the couch.

I'm up for the sequel - lots of modern culture/consumerism satire possible nowadays - but really hope he can wrangle such an excellent cast a second time. Tracey Walter and Sy Richardson are still alive. Though Walter has retired and would be in the same 90 minute car, would be cool to see him again.

Have similar high expectations for a soundtrack. Since he's aged 90 minutes, guessing Otto could still be listening to '80s punk?

I know how Alex Cox feels. I once found a $10 bill in a parking lot. Now every time I walk past that place I look around hoping to find another one. I haven't, yet. Could happen again though.

I thought he couldn’t do that bc Universal controlled sequel rights, but I guess that’s not true (or he got them somehow).

According to this old blog post from upthread (originally shared by me!), Cox apparently got the rights back in 2015.

Since he's aged 90 minutes, guessing Otto could still be listening to '80s punk?

A half hour into the movie he'll have aged 120 minutes and he can start listening to '90s alternative

Cox’s proposed 1995 sequel, WALDO’S HAWAIIAN HOLIDAY, became a fascinating graphic novel

I’m thrilled that he’s making a big-ish film again. I really like the micro budget Corman-produced Searchers 2.0, and Repo Chick has some great ideas. Death & the Compass is just brilliant

I forgot to mention-Cox eventually basically gave away the rights to WALDO to two other filmmakers, who ended up so pissed off at him that they made a documentary about their grievances

Happy Anniversary to the OG film. 40 years of spacing the cans…

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<3

Ten (Mostly) Recognizable ‘Repo Man’ Locations You Can Visit 40 Years Later
https://lataco.com/repo-man-filming-locations

^I did my best, years ago… most were pretty different and I imagine are even more so now!

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/repo-man-oral-history-1984

Thanking you for that.

Yeah, that was great. I can't believe Dick Rude was a student at the Lee Strasberg Institute... I assumed he was a real punk!

Lol same, Dick Rude makes so much sense as a punk band stage name.

I’m glad they weren’t able to shoot the original ending… I’m glad the Muhammad Ali thing didn’t work out (that sounds corny). All the serendipity along the way, even on the “negative” side, is remarkable.