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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