Wild at Heart
Repo Man (1984)
directed by Alex Cox
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
Repo Man feels different ("Small. Yellow. Different."). It's edited differently - in a series of sometimes fast, sometimes slow progressions forward through time. A day, a series of weeks, hours, nights and mornings. There's a real urgency to its punk protagonist's disillusionment and anger, an uneasiness in how he relates to supporting characters who serve, in turn, as friends, associates, or antagonists. The movie's funny and even exhilarating, goofy and a little haphazard. Don't quit your day job, Emilio - you're a glowing car classic.
directed by Alex Cox
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
Repo Man feels different ("Small. Yellow. Different."). It's edited differently - in a series of sometimes fast, sometimes slow progressions forward through time. A day, a series of weeks, hours, nights and mornings. There's a real urgency to its punk protagonist's disillusionment and anger, an uneasiness in how he relates to supporting characters who serve, in turn, as friends, associates, or antagonists. The movie's funny and even exhilarating, goofy and a little haphazard. Don't quit your day job, Emilio - you're a glowing car classic.
posted by NPK at 8:10 AM
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