Filmbrain's Screen Capture Quiz: Round 7, Week 4

"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 lattice of coincidence that lays on top of everything. I'll Give you an example, show you what I mean. Suppose you 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 cosmic unconsciousness." It must have been the sign for the IV Congreso that threw many of you. While De Palma's Scarface certainly contains its fair share of quotable lines, it can't hold a candle to Alex Cox's Repo Man, the source of last week's quiz. (The Plate O'Shrimp was a dead giveaway.) Easily one of the top ten films of the 1980s, Cox's noir-ish comedy is a fascinating document of Reagan-era America. From generic food to sushi-eating white suburban punks, you owe it to yourself to check this out if you've never seen it. The recently released DVD looks great, and includes bonus features that even the well initiated will be thrilled with. This week -- a film that should be instantly recognizable to anybody who has taken an Intro to Film course. For a bonus point, connect this film to Joan Rivers' 1978 comedy Rabbit Test in three hops or less. Submit your answers to this address. Good luck!

Comments

[la_depressionada]

repo man had one of the best soundtracks ever. my fave: hombre secreto.

[Aaron!]

Ooooooh, so that's where The Death of Mr. Lazarescu stole that shot...

Totally agreed on the Repo Man soundtrack. The DVD features Alex Cox sitting down to watch/discuss the deleted scenes with Sam Cohen, the octogenarian inventor of the neutron bomb (and long-time fan of the film; he actually contacted Cox first). Anyway, the cut scene where Otto sleeps on the garage floor would've had him blasting "Burning Down the House" through his headphones, assuming they could get rights.