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Repo Man

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Harry Dean Stanton

alternative internal linkdance track Harry Dean Stanton MP3 (256k)atomjacked inventory cache by Pop Will Eat Itself off of The Looks Or The Lifestyle (1992)

Emilio Estevez

Circle Jerks

Directed by Alex Cox

Writing credits Alex Cox

Genre: Comedy / internal linkSci-Fi

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Repo Man (1984)

Many of the characters are named after beers.

All purchasable items are labeled generically: "Food", "Beer", etc. This came about after the producers failed to attract any offers of payment for product placement.

music video for Institutionalized MP3atomjacked inventory cache by Suicidal Tendencies (off of the soundtrack) also contains generic items inside the home but video was made a year earlier)

Repo Man eat Food

All cars (plus the police motorcycle) have Christmas tree air fresheners.

The Repo Man's code is a parody of internal linkIssac Asimov's internal linkThree Laws of Robotics.

The man who drives around with the dead internal linkaliens in his car looks like Asimov.

internal linkWilliam S. Burroughs/Naked Lunch (1992) allusions: "Paging Dr. Benway" in the hospital and mentioning Bill Lee.

Miller talks about the cosmic unconsciousness: "You'll be thinking about a plate of shrimp, and all of a sudden someone will say plate, or shrimp, or plate of shrimp." Later, the two Latinos who've stolen the "Asimov" car park outside a diner which features a huge sign in one of its windows reading: PLATE O' SHRIMP $2.95.

Graffiti behind the internal linkpunks internal linkdancing in the alley says "Circle Jerks", which is the name of the band which appears later in the film.

Lite gives Otto a book called Diuretics to "help change your life". This is a reference to cult leader and fraud internal linkL. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics.

When the entourage enters Bud's hospital room looking for him, the preacher on the television can be heard saying "He has risen!"

The movie was made by Edge City Productions - edge city is a recurring theme in internal linkTom Wolfe's Electric Kool-Aid internal linkAcid Test.

The destination placard on the bus that Otto takes back to his folks' house reads "internal linkEdge City".

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repo man supermarket are you paying attention

repo man supermarket fuck you

corn flake peaches internal linkattention response internal linkfuck you

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track It's My Mind That Works MP3 (192k)atomjacked inventory cache by Future Sound Of London (FSOL) off of ISDN CDatomjacked inventory cache on Astralwerks (1995)

samples from the film Repo Man: "you know the way that everybody's into weirdness right now? it's all part of a cosmic unconsciousness…"

hip hop track The Repo Man Sings For You MP3 (256k)atomjacked inventory cache by The Coup feat. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien off of Steal This Album on Dogday (1998)

title is in reference to Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman

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Otto and Miller in vacant lot under bridge

Repo Man - dioretix

Otto holds up book he's about to throw in burning garbage can. Book says "Dioretix: The Science of Matter over Mind. By A. Rum Bi…" (reference to internal linkL. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics)

Miller: A lot of people don't realize what's really going on. They view life as a bunch of unconnected incidences and things. They don't realize that there's this like, internal linklattice of coincidence that lays on top of everything. I'll give you an example, show you what I mean. Suppose you're thinking about a plate of shrimp. Suddenly somebody will say like, plate or shrimp, or plate of shrimp out of the blue no explanation. No point in looking for one either. It's all part of a internal linkcosmic unconsciousness. Repo Man - the cosmic unconsciousness