Episode 12

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3rd Feb 2021

Repo Man (1984 Future Cult Classic)

The twelfth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1984 features our future cult classic pick, Alex Cox’s Repo Man. Written and directed by Alex Cox and starring Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Olivia Barash and Tracey Walter, Repo Man received minimal studio support but went on to critical acclaim and a cult following.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/repo-man-1984), Vincent Canby in the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/06/movies/screen-repo-man-cars-and-california.html), and Pauline Kael in the New Yorker.

Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1984 installment featuring our audience choice winner, dance movie Footloose.

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Awesome Movie Year is a podcast co-hosted by film critic Josh Bell and filmmaker and comedian Jason Harris. Each season looks at why a certain year was an awesome movie year. Each episode focuses on a different film from the year being investigated. Produced by David Rosen of the Piecing It Together Podcast for the All Points West Podcast Network
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David Rosen is a music composer and podcast producer. He has scored feature films, commercials and more, as well as creating albums of instrumental music. He currently produced Piecing It Together which he hosts and Awesome Movie Year.