Repo Man Sequel: Repo Chick
December 23rd 2008 06:56
While Alex Cox’s 1984 film, Repo Man is perhaps not quite a classic, it’s certainly one of the most entertainingly oddball and esoteric pieces of modern cult cinema. Part of its appeal is its obscurity, being a movie that will trump even the most annoying hipster film student who thinks throwing abstruse quotes at you is the highpoint of film education.
Telling the tale of young malcontent, Otto (Emilio Estevez), his induction into the dark art of vehicle repossession and subsequent pursuit of a 1964 Chevy Malibu which may something funky in the trunk, Repo Man almost immediately won fans for it’s nourish atmosphere, hilarious dialogue and sharp stabs at a 1980s culture seemingly falling apart at the seams.
Repo Man still makes for great viewing. Besides being one of Estevez’s best performances, it also contains tight contributions from Tracey Walter and Harry Dean Stanton. In addition, its soundtrack is a cornucopia of 80s punk and thrash, including The Circle Jerks, Suicidal Tendencies, Fear, Black Flag and The Plugz.
It seems however that even a film maker as stridently nonconformist as Cox isn’t able to resist the call of a sequel, with filming for Repo Chick due to begin next month. Cox completed the screenplay some time ago, while David Lynch is said to be producing the project.
While sequels to cult films typically leave fans of the original with a nasty case of the runs, it could be argued that there hasn’t been a better time for a Repo Man sequel. An introverted America seems to once again be searching for social meaning amid the all-consuming sub-prime and economic crises and it’s that frailty and darkness just under the surface that the first filmed tapped into so successfully.
With Cox obviously having a dominant part to play in the creative process and the steady hand of Lynch on the tiller, this may just be one sequel to get excited about.
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Repo Chick? Please God Nooooo!
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