Clark Collis is a senior writer for EWGreat, loopy, cult movies don't come much greater, loopier, or more cultish than 1984's Repo Man. A freewheeling blend of black comedy, science-fiction, drug use, conspiracy theories, and anti-corporate polemic, the film was centered on a car-repossessing suburban malcontent named Otto (Emilio Estevez) and a possibly alien corpse-containing Chevy Malibu. Made by first-time Brit director Alex Cox, Repo Man boasted a titanic punk-rock soundtrack — led by Iggy Pop's title song — and appearances from such top-notch character actors as Harry Dean Stanton and Tracey Walter. It also featured an utterly bizarre conclusion in which Otto and the Chevy disappear into the sky, leaving viewers to ponder quite where the hell they have gone.
That question will finally be answered — well, sort of — on March 31 when Gestalt Publishing releases Waldo's Hawaiian Holiday, a Cox-penned graphic-novel sequel to his debut movie. Set a decade after the original film, the comic finds our hero returning home from parts — or possibly planets — unknown, with no clue as to how he spent the last decade. It also finds him insisting that he is called ''Waldo.'' In fact, Waldo may not really be Otto at all. Confused? So are we. Which is why, in addition to presenting new, exclusive pages from chapter 3 of Waldo (follow the link on the last page here), EW called Cox to talk about the comic, as well as the belated DVD release of his 1987 war movie Walker and why major film studios aren't always that evil.
"Repo Man sequel? Kind of."
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Can't say I've been waiting for that. Still, I have thought about rewatching Repo Man lately.
February 11, 2008 12:50 PM