Ordinary fuckin' people.

Repo Man is a strange little slice of brilliance in cult cinema. Some would be quick to write it off as bad or just plain ridiculous. But films like Repo Man are the ones that I relate to the best. Those strange dreamlike nocturnal trips into odd lands are always intriguing and interesting but their unorthodox nature unfortunately does not give them a proper home in mainstream cinema.

But that's a good thing. Repo Man will reward those who dare to venture into is realm and gives people a great experience to accompany the amazing Criterion release. Simultaneously viewing the film and quickly leafing through its booklet and soaking up the artwork really absorbs you into its…

"You ever feel like your mind is eroding?"

If there was ever a punk rock science fiction movie, this is it. Repo Man is without a doubt the shoddiest film I've ever seen from the Criterion Collection, but somehow its poor workmanship seems to add to the film's unique anti-establishment aesthetic. It's a very different kind of "so bad it's good". It's definitely a bad movie—there are countless continuity errors, some as glaring as cutting from day to night and back again, and scenes pop in and out without any attempt at transitioning—but this low quality feels right at home in the film's universe. It's a movie which seems like it was created by the same social delinquents it features;…

Without a doubt the coolest film I have ever seen. Hilarious. Subtle humour (look at all the labels). Psychedelic. Innovative. The cinematic equivalent of anarchy. It features a bunch of people financially in the bottom of society all striving for the same goal. That Chevy Malibu. It sort of represents all goals the characters have in life. They do not know what it is but they feel like it is going to bring them out of their misery. It is actually quite tragic. It works as a myth and drives the entire story smoothly as hell. Great performances. Harry Dean Stanton is pure gold. The ending was quite beautiful at the same time as it was psychedelic and comedic. I…

The thing I love about Repo Man and I feel people might
not talk about it enough is how dystopian it feels.
I mean the obvious, if anything to that, is the various
food and drink labels. Simply put as such: FOOD.
BEER. and yet things like fresh sandwiches and liquor
still exist, as do cigarettes but no body ever really eats
a meal and if they do it's probably out of a can. The film
is so tightly constructed in its own little world of debauchery
that we're never even fully sure of how bad things are, just
glimpses of desolate areas and street trash blowing in the
wind. It's kind of totalitarian in the sense of major religious…