repo man c/d

(wendy's new ads are the worst, by the way. well, second-worst, behind kfc's "selfie" ads)

Brewster McCloud can join us, VG

I couldn't enjoy Wendy's any more.

can Tapeheads come to lunch too? I kinda feel like that belongs in the diner somewhere.

it's the island of misfit movies

I couldn't enjoy Wendy's any more.

― pplains, Thursday, March 13, 2014

HAVE YOU TRIED THEIR PRETZEL BUNS?

http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2013-06-24-Wendys_PretzelBaconCheeseburger.JPG

I'll try it on a plate next time.

the pretzel burger is shit but the pretzel chicken sando's p good

this seems like an illusory distinction, to me.

The life of a pretzel burger is always intense

let's go get wendy's and not pay

There's fuckin' room to move as a fry cook. I could be manager in two years.

oh, the wit

The lights are growing dim Otto. I know a life of crime has led me to this sorry fate, and yet, I blame wendy's. wendy's pretzel-bun burgers made me what I am.

Dr M crazy, this movie is a classic for the "normal people" rant alone.

oh, the wit

― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, March 13, 2014

just for that you're not in the gang anymore.

God I only just, one minute ago, got the names Bud/Miller/Lite. I feel like an idiot.

also Oly.

AB, it's "Ordinary fuckin' people, I hate em"

http://media.giphy.com/media/t8io2VKrFLW5G/giphy.gif

my '70s CBGB punk BFF agrees that it's mildly amusing bullshit.

GAME SET MATCH CALI PUNK SUX

pfft whatever arty ny punks are just jealous that cali punks have tans

EAT IT

Exene probly does HDS's dialogue straight, the armed libertarian crone!

my '70s CBGB punk BFF agrees that it's mildly amusing bullshit

Ha ha, this falls right in line with my long-held theory that '70s punks (and the critics who championed the CBGB scene) were a bunch of art school shits who looked down their noses at those knuckle-dragging hardcore kids coming on the scene behind them.

uh trust me, he hated school (college dropout) and is a fairly violent man for a big earner.

Didn't know you knew Glenn Danzig.

didya watch any of the Cox-edited TV version on the CC? Inserted scenes on Stanton having a bourgie man's daughter's car towed, destroying a pay phone etc.

uh trust me, he hated school (college dropout) and is a fairly violent man for a big earner.

This dude sounds awesome, where does he go to express his opinions on Repo Man?

your mom's house

Gypso dildo punk!

United Fruitcake Outlet >>>

Do I try to catch repo man in 35mm or do I finally watch the Blu-ray which I haven't opened yet

I can only do one or the other

One option saves $14 and I won't have to feel embarrassed for everybody who laughs in the wrong places or fails to laugh in the right ones

It's up to you--there's still plenty to savor on the blu after the screening. I saw it projected as a midnight show a few years back (and wrote about it somewhere upthread iirc) with a tiny audience--no more than 15 people--who seemed to get it.

Fun read, draws on a lot of the Criterion edition but there's other good stuff too

http://io9.com/the-weirdest-things-you-never-knew-about-the-making-of-1673079559

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/iggy_pop_reunites_with_director_alex_cox

Third Film:Acoustic installment announced with Neko Case and Repo Man

Film:Acoustic, the series of film screenings paired with talks by musicians, returns to Durham's Carolina Theatre again next month for a presentation of cult hit Repo Man, with Neko Case discussing the film. Case was last in town back in the fall for a sold-out gig at the Cradle with The New Pornographers.

The goal of Film:Acoustic is to present films that inspire particular artists, along with a discussion with the artist about what the film means to them. Joining Case will be Michael Nesmith, who was an executive producer of Repo Man. Yes, he was also once in the 1960s pop outfit The Monkees.

The series debuted in December with The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne discussing the 1974 film The Night Porter. This month's installment is this Monday with Americana star Lucinda Williams and the 1979 adaptation of Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood. Tickets to Monday's program are still available, and tickets for Case and Repo Man are on sale now. And while Coyne didn't play any music at his program, Williams is expected to play a few tunes—no word yet on which way Case will go.

shoobidy do wop wop say what yeah

lets go commit crimes

i keep trying to think of films that have the same odd tone and same kinda nonsensical story with a a handful of narrative dead ends and unexplained relationships that still succeed as well, but i can't.

That comment makes me think of Computer Chess, which certainly isn't close to as successful as Repo Man but is maybe in that same universe

buckaroo banzai, kinda?

Yeah that's a good suggestion. Obviously a little sillier and more blatantly sci-fi but it has a weird deadpan tone and Rasta aliens.

straight to hell too, but since it's alex cox too it might be too obvious

too too too

I hadn't considered it before but I think Saint Clara (Israeli teen movie from the 90's) has some similarities - grungy aesthetic, non sequitur jokes, mysterious subplots that are left open-ended, supernatural events, people going on weird tangents about celebrities, etc. The only TV show that anyone watches is a newscaster in all black who delivers apocalyptic reports of environmental disaster ("Trees will rain on your head. And once again, your children will be wearing orange raincoats.") it's a bit more charming and romantic than Repo Man though.

just realized dude where's my car has same plot as repo man

Drive that car into the sky, sir.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcJXT5lc1Bg

word

Soundtrack's pretty good too.

god i love the cinematography in this movie

https://videos.files.wordpress.com/bAbcitLf/repo_man_split-diopter_dvd.original.jpg?w=950&h=510