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Actors: Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Repo Man |
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One of the great cult hits of the late 20th century, "Repo Man" is the work of writer-director Alex Cox. It features Emilio Estevez as Otto, a rootless LA kid whose dippy parents gave all his college money to a televangelist, so he hires on with repo men (guys who steal cars with payments in arrears for the car dealers) -- principally Bud (Stanton), who teaches him the repo man trade and philosophy. Also figuring into the plot are rival Hispanic repo brothers, teen punk holdup artists, a cute female UFO conspiracy theorist, and a mysterious government agency in pursuit of a lunatic government scientist (an Asimov lookalike) driving a green 1964 Chevy Malibu that might just contain dead aliens in the trunk. The distinctively punk-y soundtrack includes Fear, Suicidal Tendencies, Black Flag, the Plugz, Burning Sensations (doing Jonathan Richman's immortal "Pablo Picasso"), and the Circle Jerks, who also appear briefly on camera. "Plate o' shrimp"! (1984, 92 minutes).
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Repo Man |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
If a parody... of
- sci-fi movies
Battle with shrink/bum?
- wisdom from a homeless man or bum
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- blue collar
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Body type
- (man) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
- dangerous
- rude people
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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