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Directed by Alex Cox
USA 1984

A volatile, toxic potion of satire and nihilism, road movie and science fiction, violence and comedy, the unclassifiable sensibility of Alex Cox's Repo Man is the model and inspiration for a potent strain of post-punk American comedy. Otto, a baby-face punk played by Emilio Estevez, becomes an apprentice to Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), a coke-snorting, veteran repo-man-of-honor prowling the streets of a Los Angeles wasteland populated by hoods, wackos, burnouts, conspiracy theorists, and aliens of every stripe. It may seem chaotic at first glance, but there's a "latticework of coincidence" (as Tracey Walter puts it) underlying everything. Repo Man is a key American movie of the 1980s--just as Taxi Driver, Nashville, and Chinatown are key American movies of the '70s.

Excerpt of Jim Emerson's review located HERE

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Theatrical Release: March 2nd, 1984

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DVD Comparison:

Anchor Bay - Region 0- NTSC vs. Universal - Region 1 - NTSC

Big thanks to Jayson Kennedy for the Anchor Bay Screen Caps!

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DVD Box Cover
Distribution	Anchor Bay Region 0 - NTSC	Universal Home Video - Region 1 - NTSC
Runtime	1:32:00	1:32:00
Video	1.85:1 Original Aspect Ratio 16X9 enhanced Average Bitrate: 5.69 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s	1.85:1 Original Aspect Ratio 16X9 enhanced Average Bitrate: 7.35 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
Bitrate: Anchor Bay
Bitrate: Universal
Audio	English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0)	English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
Subtitles	None	English, Spanish, French, None
Features	Release Information: Studio: Anchor Bay Aspect Ratio: Widescreen anamorphic - 1.85:1 Edition Details: • Commentary by: Writer/Director Alex Cox, Executive Producer Michael Nesmith, Casting Director Victor • Theatrical Trailer • Video Trailer • Talent Bios • Hidden: The Repo Man Code DVD Release Date: August 20th, 2000 Amaray Keep Case Chapters 20	Release Information: Studio: Universal Home Video Aspect Ratio: Original Aspect Ratio 1.85:1 Edition Details: • Commentary by: Writer/Director Alex Cox, Executive Producer Michael Nesmith, Casting Director Victoria Thomas, Actors Sy Richardson, Zander Schloss and Del Zamora • Up Close with Harry Dean Stanton • Repossessed • The Missing Scenes • Theatrical Trailer DVD Release Date: January 24th, 2006 Keep Case Chapters: 20

Comments:

ADDITION: (Anchor Bay THX-Mastered) - Anamorphic, progressive, but quite hazy in comparison. Also contrast boosted, bluish, and sporting heavy lines. It must be said the little hidden feature in the Extras menu is just stupid and pointless. Being that this edition has the exact same running time as the Focus Features edition, I can only assume it's perhaps the same transfer. It's a case of 2000 vs. 2005 authoring or simply more care (notice the higher bitrate on the Focus). It isn't terrible per say, just outdated. Either way, the new Focus edition wins hands down. Though Anchor Bay's animated menus are pretty snazzy.

- Jayson Kennedy

I can't comment on the previous release of this film on DVD as I do not own it, but I am thrilled about this one. The image quality is very good - tight to the edges, anamorphic to the correct aspect ratio, progressive. My only query is to the color scheme which makes skin tones appear a shade red at times. Overall though the image looks fairly sharp and quite film-like. I expect that this is a fairly true representation as to the theatrical appearance. I only listened to the mono audio and it was clear and consistent and the optional subtitles are well done.

The beauty of this package is both the commentary and the extra features. I thoroughly enjoyed all of them. After watching Alex Cox on many Masters of Cinema releases doing the introductions I feel a bit of kinship to him and his manner of communication. I especially enjoyed the 'Missing Scenes" which is far more advanced than you might expect with Cox having a running conversation with an ex-military man as we watch the deleted scenes on his VCR.

I really enjoyed this film, even more so than I have in the past. I think its major flaw might be the tangent that it appears to go off on in the end, but then again that may also be the reason for my appreciation. We strongly recommend this disc.

Gary W. Tooze

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