Repo Man (1984)
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Wikidata Q1280565, film, IMDb tt0087995, TMDB 13820: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Emilio Estevez as actor (‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan); 3 more episodes agree.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
The Big Picture
The Rewatchables
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
Emilio Estevez: 1 line what-if ×1
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what-if (casting what-if):
Emilio Estevez → Repo Man.
Estevez turned down Cameron; coming off Repo Man he would read as punk-rock Ferris rather than Cameron.
“He seems more like the punk rock version of Ferris Bueller than he does like Alan Rock.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:57:59 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
Sid and Nancy: 1 line people ×1
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people (same director, opposite vibe):
Sid and Nancy → Repo Man.
Alex Cox made punk-adjacent Repo Man (affirmative vibes) then Sid and Nancy (apocalyptic) back to back.
“Repo Man is a kind of punk movie, but the vibes are good in Repo Man”
The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 1:09:50 · Adam Nayman (0.80 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri, first at 0:50:51, 2 times
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan, first at 1:20:53, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan, first at 0:57:55, 1 time
- compared in The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics, first at 1:09:41, 2 times
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free), first at 0:13:52, 1 time
What was said about it, by kind
people (1)
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people (same director, opposite vibe):
Sid and Nancy → Repo Man.
Alex Cox made punk-adjacent Repo Man (affirmative vibes) then Sid and Nancy (apocalyptic) back to back.
“Repo Man is a kind of punk movie, but the vibes are good in Repo Man”
The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 1:09:50 · Adam Nayman (0.80 sure it was them)
what-if (1)
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what-if (casting what-if):
Emilio Estevez → Repo Man.
Estevez turned down Cameron; coming off Repo Man he would read as punk-rock Ferris rather than Cameron.
“He seems more like the punk rock version of Ferris Bueller than he does like Alan Rock.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:57:59 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Emilio Estevez: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
- Alex Cox: director (The Big Picture, ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics)