Repo Man [VHS] Overview
A volatile, toxic potion of satire and nihilism, road movie and science fiction, violence and comedy, the unclassifiable sensibility of Alex Cox's Repo Man is the model and inspiration for a potent strain of post-punk American comedy that includes not only Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction), but also early Coen brothers (Raising Arizona, in particular), Men in Black, and even (in a weird way) The X-Files. Otto, a baby-face punk played by Emilio Estevez, becomes an apprentice to Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), a coke-snorting, veteran repo-man-of-honor prowling the streets of a Los Angeles wasteland populated by hoods, wackos, burnouts, conspiracy theorists, and aliens of every stripe. It may seem chaotic at first glance, but there's a "latticework of coincidence" (as Tracey Walter puts it) underlying everything. Repo Man is a key American movie of the 1980s--just as Taxi Driver, Nashville, and Chinatown are key American movies of the '70s. With a scorching soundtrack that features Iggy Pop, Fear, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, and Suicidal Tendencies. --Jim Emerson
Customer Reviews
The only thing I can compare to the Repo Man "Naked Lunch" by William S. Burroughs, "White Noise" by Don DeLillo and "Elementary Particles" by Michel Houellebecq. It is a dark satire on modern society, showing us archetypal characters Punks: aware of the inherent lack of meaning of life (nihilism), trapped in a society that appears in the fall, try, over the hypocrisy, stupidity, surf , find the corruption and lies to enjoy a life for themselves.
In thisPicture, director Alex Cox drops unlikely anti-hero: the repo men back in his possession of the car, probably innocent, but they also have a code. And they seem to live on something. But getting into the tangle of egos (it caught a slight Buddhist view attracted to this film) and down, but you can find some way to thrive, usually by throwing things to do for their society would make sense.
If you want a film about a band Nietzschean under which it is: pureNihilism, which eliminates the illusions of modern society and replace it with a tough fight for survival. He does it with one of the unusual sense of humor ever seen on film, not only with nothing sacred, but when asked to ridicule the sacred. This film also has a disturbing aspect in discerning the excesses of the 1980s and the seeming emptiness of the institutions and idols we considered it important for a culture of the time.
As if that were not enough, there is aRipping plot that takes us through the dark side of a modern city in search of a modern Holy Grail. While many of these characters have are punk, another good number have gone off the road and have believed, but when presented in the context of this ridiculous movie, but present themselves as larger than life illusions are revealed. Do you people see the reality of society to ignore, to fight for a goal? And with that, go wherever their parentswarned not to go? This is the film for you.
It 'just remember that even if you do not like punk music, including the soundtrack to this film all your bases. classic punk Suicidal Tendencies, Black Flag, Iggy Pop, The Circle Jerks and associated atmospheric and instrumental Plugz (ad-hoc band of the former punk-celebrities) really help this film we set up source of discontent of his characters' . If postmodern fiction, in particularthe Burroughs DeLillo, Pynchon nexus, and as a good tear film, Repo Man, where he is.
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