S8E4: REPO MAN
May 02, 2018•1 hr 8 min
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Episode description
REPO MAN (1984) is a bit of a departure from our usual kind of film, and boy is it worth it: written and directed by Alex Cox and starring Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton, Repo Man is a gritty, funny, occasionally baffling ride through 1980s LA, through a wasteland of generic brands, smarmy televangelists, flying cars stuffed with aliens, and fears of nuclear annihilation. Your hosts explore these themes, plus: how the film was saved by punk and yet challenges the idea, what kind of kooky things Alex Cox has been up to lately, and offer a remembrance of the late, great Art Bell.
Episode links:
- Repo Man on IMDb
- Repo Man on Wikipedia
- Criterion Repo Man essay
- Essay on Repo Man at Flixist
- Roger Ebert's Repo Man review
- LA Times: 25 best films about LA
- The Dissolve Repo Man "keynote"
- The Dissolve Repo Man roundtable
- Slate's Will Oremus on "you're the product"
- Alex Cox interview in Electric Sheep
- Alex Cox official Repo Man page
- Alex Cox United 93 review
- Trailer for Repo Chick
- Art Bell on Wikipedia
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