I want to staple the packaging to a jacket and wear it around
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 12 April 2013 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I have a copy of the UK Masters of Cinema blu-ray which I think is the same transfer. It looks fucking great - you could lose yourself in the lines in Harry Dean Stanton's face.
Repo Man's up there with Chinatown as one of the quintessential LA movies. Have we done an "LA movies" thread?
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 12 April 2013 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
We have! And Repo Man's in the OP! Thanks Ned.
Great LA films
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 12 April 2013 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
i don't know how I never noticed before but in that first opening scene, when the camera is on the car looking back down the highway you can see the smog line on the horizon
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 12 April 2013 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
Alex Cox on the new edition
― Vol. 3: The Life & Times of E. "Boom" Carter (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 12 April 2013 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
awesome
especially this:By the way, the rights to the original screenplay of REPO MAN revert to me in just a few years’ time. If anyone wants to remake the original script, or do a sequel to it, get in touch with me in early 2015…
fkn studio weasels man what a bunch of cwords
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 12 April 2013 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
I've never been happier to have a timely backlog of amazon pts
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 12 April 2013 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, thanks. Yeah, it's a no-brainer, this.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 April 2013 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
ilxors we should make a pact to hit up Coxy in 2015 with our sequel/remake/lolcats version
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 12 April 2013 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
After Repo Chick, im not too sure any revisiting of the Repo Man brand needs to happen ever again.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 13 April 2013 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
I really really want this re-release tho!
I have the 2003 Universal DVD, but am strongly considering buying this new version (but the 2DVD set, not the Blu-Ray, as I don't own a Blu-Ray player).
― 誤訳侮辱, Saturday, 13 April 2013 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
I think the addition of the tv cut alone is worth the repurchase.
― Vol. 3: The Life & Times of E. "Boom" Carter (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 13 April 2013 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
Just pre-ordered it from Amazon for $20.
― 誤訳侮辱, Saturday, 13 April 2013 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2737-repo-man-packaging
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
gorgeous and i want it but that single comment still otm
― the white queen and her caustic judgments (difficult listening hour), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
For once the US Blu-ray packaging is better the the UK's.
― DavidM, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 20:51 (eleven years ago) link
lol @ generic packaging, otm
in the commentary Cox said that the only 2 sponsors for the movie were Ralph's supermarkets for the generic food/bevs, and the airfresheners, which is why they're everywhere in the movie :D
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
Generic "DVD" packaging on matte stock with that mohawked skull + title + Criterion logo in high-gloss spot varnish would have worked.
― Thirty-Six Views of ILX, by Mari3sa (WilliamC), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
or outer paper sleeve with generic DVD packaging / mohawk skull slides out, is actual cover
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 22:02 (eleven years ago) link
looks great. want. generic packaging would have been fun, but a little too dull for such an antic film. agree with random commenter that generic "disc" is a nice compromise.
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 00:03 (eleven years ago) link
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ding
― the white queen and her caustic judgments (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 04:04 (eleven years ago) link
Watching it now. The print is fucking pristine. Totally worth it.
― 誤訳侮辱, Thursday, 18 April 2013 03:14 (eleven years ago) link
Haven't watched the main feature yet, but have been through most of the extras. One thing I've taken away (and I don't know how I slept on this the first 20-30 times I've seen the movie) is that Olivia Barash (Leila from The United Fruitcake Outlet)was quite the little fox back then.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/fFsbqlx6ud5wgbttV0mpfv5P_400.jpg
Leila: What about our relationship? Otto: What? Leila: Our relationship! Otto: Fuck that! Leila: You SHITHEAD! I'm glad I tortured you!
Otto: What?
Leila: Our relationship!
Otto: Fuck that!
Leila: You SHITHEAD! I'm glad I tortured you!
― Sheela-Tubb-Mann, You Real Know-It-All (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 18 April 2013 03:41 (eleven years ago) link
the slaps were unplanned - she says in the interview that that's why emilio was laughing, he had no idea she was gonna do it either time <3
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 18 April 2013 03:43 (eleven years ago) link
blu-ray is in my hot little hands as well; waiting to watch it though till I have a suitably sizable group to watch it with. First ever blu ray purchase too.
― HIGH-FIVES TO ALL MY COWORKERS AT THE QBERT SEX SWING (silby), Thursday, 18 April 2013 03:47 (eleven years ago) link
I feel like I should buy the Bluray, too, just in case I one day have a player.
― mal chauve-souris piège (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 18 April 2013 04:43 (eleven years ago) link
gotta use this PS3 I bought for something
― HIGH-FIVES TO ALL MY COWORKERS AT THE QBERT SEX SWING (silby), Thursday, 18 April 2013 04:52 (eleven years ago) link
Hah United Fruitcake Outlet.
"I blame society"
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 18 April 2013 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
bought a copy of this today on a whim, and because it was on sale for cheap. a cheap whim. it's beautiful. incredibly well designed on every level. such a great idea to style it in the manner of punk show flyers, photocopied fanzines and underground comics. makes it feel like a tribute to a cultural moment as much as, you know, dvd packaging.
― I have many lovely lacy nightgowns (contenderizer), Monday, 22 April 2013 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
was so happy when this slotted alphabetically right next to the the rules of the game criterion
― the white queen and her caustic judgments (difficult listening hour), Monday, 22 April 2013 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
I kinda loved Repo Chick. I mean, it's terrible on many levels, and in no way gets out of the original's shadow, but after you get past what it isn't, the film is an enjoyable romp. I got swept away and also liked the way Cox paid tribute to outmoded special f/x processes like miniatures/models and back-projections by utilizing them via modern yet still lo-fi techniques (digital green screen compositing). The movie is on the better end of the contemporary "midnight movie" school.
It also helps that I got my copy for $1.50. It's worth that much.
― Uncle Cyril O'Boogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 8 August 2013 19:48 (eleven years ago) link
Like in '84, it looks great (Robby Muller) and is at its best when Stanton or Tracey Walter is monologuing, but not really much of a movie. Good soundtrack tho.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 March 2014 15:01 (ten years ago) link
melonfarming seems to be a popular pastime.
& cheetos, doritos and cornfritos are a great balanced diet innit?
― Stevolende, Thursday, 13 March 2014 15:06 (ten years ago) link
xpost
http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/repomanbeer.jpg
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 13 March 2014 15:53 (ten years ago) link
young Emilio was a nice piece too
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 March 2014 16:05 (ten years ago) link
VG this one will need to be on a loop
http://scottlo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/AllRight-2.gif
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 13 March 2014 16:18 (ten years ago) link
A+
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 13 March 2014 16:26 (ten years ago) link
you're lookin for a joke with a microscope
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 March 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
drive around with me for a night in L.A., morbs. by dawn you'll "get" this movie. If we're still alive.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 13 March 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
I've seen enough of L.A. to "get" it
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 March 2014 16:39 (ten years ago) link
I just need you to drive my old lady's car out of this bad area
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 13 March 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link
she's a rock.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 13 March 2014 16:47 (ten years ago) link
that line really seems like genius on the 12th viewing huh
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 March 2014 16:52 (ten years ago) link
if it didn't seem like genius on the first viewing then you don't deserve eyes/ears/brain etc
unassailable classic from the first to the last
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 13 March 2014 16:53 (ten years ago) link
Stanton's line readings are great, bad area is a good example
I'm assailing much of it though and I was a punk before you were a punk, punk
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 March 2014 16:57 (ten years ago) link
hey the security guard's knitting, and John Wayne was a fag
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 March 2014 16:58 (ten years ago) link
why so tense, guy
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 13 March 2014 17:10 (ten years ago) link
this is the greatest movie ever made and anyone who disagrees should have their status as an oscar-voter revoked.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Thursday, 13 March 2014 17:26 (ten years ago) link
you sir, 'Morbius' are no doctor
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 13 March 2014 17:35 (ten years ago) link