A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.
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;…
A nihilistic, cynical but entertaining piece that could only exist during Reagan/Cold War era America. Rooted by a great central performance by Harry Dean, it is born of the politics of its' time yet not at all a political film. Killer soundtrack for any era. Best God damn car in the yard.
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"There's fuckin' room to move as a fry cook, man."
Cosmic corporates, sci-fi nihilism, and a shining death-beam in the trunk. Evacuate one system just to enter another. Unpaid sushi.
"look at those assholes, ordinary fucking people. i hate 'em."
1926-2017.
if cinema dies with abbas kiarostami, america dies with harry dean stanton.
Repo Man is everything I wanted and more from a cult film; Biting and pitch-perfect social commentary, a witty and amazingly quotable script, and actors all at the top of their game, which is wrapped up in the trappings of a 50s paranoia Alien picture.
Sure, It's completely bonkers, but you can't help but feel utter euphoria as the final frames of this insane piece of cinema flash before your eyes, leaving you in a state of bewilderment and confused chaos.
It also has Harry Dean Stanton saying the F-Word constantly. If that doesn't sell it, I don't know what will.
Gun to my head I don’t even know if I could articulate what makes this movie so good.
It’s such a preposterous, surrealist slice of mid 80s action comedy and it shouldn’t work — and I mean it really shouldn’t work — but my only thought when it ended is, “can’t wait to see this again.”
Filmosophy film group viewing. Will rate after group discussion.
I'm not entirely sure what I just watched. I was entertained. Mostly. But it had some serious pacing issues and felt like it was mostly just trying to be weird for the sake of being weird. The opening half an hour (where it's at it's least weird) is the best part of the film, but it descends into madness very quickly after that and I got lost in all the confusion. I get why some people would dig this, but it's not for me.
So much of this movie rules. It can be a little heavy-handed and the last act is kind of ridiculous but I'll be danged if it ain't fun to watch.
The Multi-Cultural City of LA + Aliens!!!
So many memorable quotes and scenes in this movie. Really loved the tongue and cheek comedy.
Rewatching this ASAP!
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