Harpur Cinema Presents: Repo Man

Harpur Cinema Presents: Repo Man

Alex Cox / 1984 / 92 min.

Friday, October 22
Sunday, October 24
Lecture Hall 6, 7:30 PM 4$ Admission
Free for students in Cine 121
Masks and proof of vaccination required

It's 4 A.M. Do you know where your car is? An out-of-work rocker accepts a cash offer to drive a car out of a seedy part of town. Unbeknownst to him, he is the one repossessing the vehicle! He teams up with the real repo man, but then a $20,000 reward is offered for a repo'd Chevy. A quintessential cult film of the 1980s, Alex Cox's singular sci-fi comedy Repo Man stars the always captivating Harry Dean Stanton as a weathered repo man in a desolate Los Angeles, and Emilio Estevez as the nihilistic middle-class punk
he takes under his wing. The job becomes more than either of them bargained for when they get involved in repossessing a mysterious—and otherworldly—Chevy Malibu with a hefty reward attached to it. Featuring the ultimate early eighties L.A. punk soundtrack, this grungily hilarious odyssey is also a politically trenchant take on President Reagan's domestic and foreign policies. The program on Friday, October 22, features a conversation with Professor Brian Wall (Cinema) and Claire Kovacs (Curator,
Binghamton University Art Museum). This program is a special presentation in coordination with the exhibition "Now form a band": A punk exhibition in 3 chords on view at the Binghamton University Art Museum from September 10—December 11, 2021. For more information, visit ww.binghamton.edu/art-museum/.

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