Repo Man
Friday, September 13 - Saturday, September 14, 2019
*Please note the late-night screenings on Fri Sep 13 – Sat Sep 14 begin at 12:10am, not 11:59pm!*
35mm Print!
Staff Pick! Chosen by Jeff who says: “This movie kept me out late a lot of my high-school weekends – in true Midnight Movie mode it didn’t get a regular release in my neck of the woods when it came out – relegated instead to showing strictly midnights at the mall. I could just stand up and act out the entire movie on my own from beginning to end – but that wouldn’t do the justice to cinematographer Robby Muller’s beautifully evocative lensing of LA that this 35mm print showing will do!”
“Cox’s style is a step beyond camp into a comedy of pure disgust; much of the film is churlishly unpleasant, but there’s a core of genuine anger that gives the project an emotional validation lacking in the flabby American comedies of the early 80s.” – Chicago Reader
“Repo Man comes out of left field, has no big stars, didn’t cost much, takes chances, dares to be unconventional, is funny, and works. There is a lesson here.” – Roger Ebert
“It’s very entertaining, and though it’s rude in an R-rated way, it has the good taste never to promise more than it can deliver.” – The New York Times
Screening as part of our Summer 2019 series, “Waverly Midnights: Staff Picks.”
- Country USA
- Rating R
- Year 1984
- Running Time 92 minutes
- Director Alex Cox
- Writer Alex Cox
- Editor Dennis Dolan
- Cinematographer Robby Muller
- Cast Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Tracey Walter, Olivia Barash, Sy Richardson
- Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil