"If 'Repo Man' (1984) was a Hollywood movie that had been made about punks and stuff, it would’ve died, But because it was authentic in its origins and sincere in its intentions, it had more of a life.”
--- Alex Cox
On this day, 42 years ago, Alex Cox's "Repo Man" (1984) premiered in the Berlin International Film Festival, West Germany.
(Quote taken from "The Oral History of Repo Man", Jake Kleinman, Inverse, 2024)
Rare clip of the SEINFELD cast giving congrats to Rob Reiner for receiving an American Cinematheque honor in 1994 - the clip didn't air on television. Reiner's production company Castle Rock produced Seinfeld and rescued it from near cancellation after its second season. A nice reminder that not only was Reiner a giant of a filmmaker but incredible television producer as well.
"A strange train of fragments of early memory images shattered & broken can bring about the poetry in our infancy. Once you are convinced of its truthfulness, you may find Tarkovsky's 'Mirror' (1975) the easiest film to understand."
--- Akira Kurosawa