Tonight I'm hosting three movies by director Alex Cox on my Discord server. Normally it'd be called #Scarefest, but I think we'll pivot to calling it #Schlockfest tonight, (although the only really schlocky one of the three is REPO MAN).
All times are US CST:
-REPO MAN (1984) 8:00
-SID AND NANCY (1986) ~9:30
-WALKER (1987) ~11:30
You probably already know REPO MAN (1984). “Repo Man is always intense.” Ostensibly a madcap sci-fi adventure starring Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton, this is one of the punkest movies ever made, with a soundtrack featuring Iggy Pop, Black Flag, Suicidal Tendencies, The Plugz, and The Circle Jerks, who also have a hilarious cameo (Zander Schloss also joined the band after appearing in this film with them).
#CoSoMovies #CoSoFilm #CoSoPunk
Trailer: https://youtu.be/DLGrXGEMOSo
SID AND NANCY (1986) is writer-director Alex Cox’s defining film as an artist, and Gary Oldman’s performance here garnered him much praise, essentially putting him “on the map” in Hollywood. While both REPO MAN and SID AND NANCY exemplify the “punk ethos,” they do it in almost diametrically opposite ways. The first is a playfully far-out fiction that beats with the heart of the 80’s US West Coast scene, the second a carefully-observed document of one of the most damaged relationships in UK punk.
I don’t want to say too much about tonight’s third feature, WALKER (1987) because it’s Cox’s overlooked (third) masterpiece, and surprising in the best possible way for those who haven’t heard of it. Starring Ed Harris in perhaps his most intense role ever, and written by Randy Wurlitzer (Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid) it was directed by Cox to be a pitch-dark social commentary on imperialism and it effectively ended his Hollywood career.
#CoSoFilm #CoSoMovies
Trailer: https://youtu.be/Nn45GsPoZrc
Here are some supplemental materials from the Criterion releases of these films. #Scarefest #Schlockfest #CoSoMovies #CoSoFilm #WatchParty #CoSoArt
Repo Man Artwork
Sid and Nancy Essay: The Horrible Purity of Immortality by Jon Savage
Walker: Excerpts from "On William Walker" and photos
Starting in less than two hours, three films by Alex Cox!
