Otto Maddox, Repo Man
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Apr 14, 2013 · A quintessential cult film of the 1980s, Alex Cox’s singular sci-fi comedy stars the always captivating Harry Dean Stanton as a weathered repo man in a desolate Los Angeles, and Emilio Estevez as the nihilistic middle-class punk he takes under his wing. The job becomes more than either of them bargained for when they get involved in repossessing a mysterious—and otherworldly—Chevy Malibu ...
Sep 3, 2024 · Directed by: Alex Cox. Featuring: Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Tracy Walter, Olivia Barash, Sy Richardson, Susan Barnes. A quintessential cult film of the 1980s, Alex Cox’s singular sci-fi comedy stars the always captivating Harry Dean Stanton as a weathered repo man in a desolate Los Angeles, and Emilio Estevez as the nihilistic ...
Audio commentary featuring Alex Cox, executive producer Michael Nesmith, casting director Victoria Thomas, and actors Sy Richardson, Zander Schloss, and Del Zamora New interviews with musicians Iggy Pop and Keith Morris and actors Dick Rude, Olivia Barash, and Miguel Sandoval Deleted scenes Trailers Roundtable discussion about the making of the ...
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Jan 15, 2013 · Repo Man. A quintessential cult film of the 1980s, Alex Cox’s singular sci-fi comedy stars the always captivating Harry Dean Stanton as a weathered repo man in desolate downtown Los Angeles, and Emilio Estevez as the nihilistic middle-class punk he takes under his wing. The job becomes more than either of them bargained for when they get ...
After quitting his dead-end supermarket job, young punk Otto (Emilio Estevez) is initiated as a “repo man” after a chance encounter with automobile repossessor Bud (Harry Dean Stanton). An illicit, high-voltage life follows, including an adrenalised search for a mysterious ‘64 Chevy Malibu loaded with radioactive – and extragalactic – cargo…
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Jun 15, 2024 · Chances of Criterion undertaking restoration of either of these films seems to me to be remote. All of Ray’s films have been restored or at least safely preserved by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. I saw a beautiful new 35mm print of The Adversary at TIFF some years back. Many of his films look great despite having very poor ...
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May 16, 2024 · When they still used their first authoring house, they often delivered superb UHDs, such as the Billy Wilder titles and In the Heat of the Night. The list doesn’t go much further though and things aren’t likely to change much to the better any time soon. TechnicolorAcid. Joined: Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:43 am.
May 20, 2009 · Picture 8/10. For one of their first Blu-ray releases Criterion brings us Carol Reed’s The Third Man in its original aspect ratio of 1.33:1 on this dual-layer disc. The picture is presented in 1080p. Unlike Criterion’s 2-disc DVD re-release (which this Blu-ray is more or less a port of) the transfer has not been picture boxed.
With <I>Dead Man</I>, his first period piece, Jim Jarmusch imagined the nineteenth-century American West as an existential wasteland, delivering a surreal reckoning with the ravages of industrialization, the country’s legacy of violence and prejudice, and the natural cycle of life and death. Accountant William Blake (Johnny Depp) has hardly arrived in the godforsaken outpost of Machine ...
Slight presentation setbacks aside, this is a well-assembled set that offers the best available versions of all three films after decades of relative obscurity. With a solid set of features exploring the ins and outs of '90s indie filmmaking, fans should have plenty of fun diving into this collection. Video: 7 / Audio: 8 / Supplements: 9.
