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30 MARCH 2012
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Repo Man: generic packaging in a plain pack world

"Clark Collins definition of Repo Man as an 'hilarious genre-hopping indictment of consumerism in which, for example, all cans of drink in the supermarket are labelled simply 'drink'' (Collins 2001: 36)"

(Nicholas Rombes)

Nicholas Rombes (2005). New Punk Cinema, Edinburgh University Press.

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1980s • 1984 • Alex Cox • alien • anti-consumerist • apocalyptic • apocalyptic cynicism • b-movie • black comedy • Blair Witch Project • blue text • cans of drink • Chevrolet Malibu • Chevy Malibu • consumable • consumerism • consumption • cool • counterculture • cult movie • cynicism • design conceit • disenfranchised • drink • Emilio Estevez • film • film genre • Flipper (band) • food label • generic • generic brand • generically • grocery store • Gummo • humour • indictment of consumerism • label • low budget • Memento • new wave • Otto (character) • packaging • packaging design • plain • plain pack • plain white • product packaging • product placement • punk • punk rock • punk rock ethos • rebellion • Repo Man • Requiem for a Dream • Ronald Reagan • Run Lola Run • shopping • subculture • supermarket • The Celebration • Time Code

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Simon Perkins
05 FEBRUARY 2012
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Pink Flamingos: a provocative celebration of otherness

"'Pink Flamingos was an antihippie movie made for hippies who would be punks in two years. It's a pothead movie. I wrote it on pot.' - John Waters"

(Jeff Jackson, DreamlandNews)

Fig.1 John Waters (1972). trailer for "Pink Flamingos".

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http://mubi.com/films/pink-flamingos

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1970s • 1972 • androgyny • art film • Baltimore Maryland • black comedy • camping it up • celluloid moment • comedy • Cookie Mueller • cult film • Danny Mills • David Lochary • defecate • deviance • disgust • disgusting • Divine (actor) • dog • Edith Massey • egg • excrement • faeces • female impersonator • film • flamboyance • flamingo • gay • grotesque • hippie • independent cinema • indie cinema • infamous • John Waters • lip sync • lowbrow • Mary Vivian Pearce • midnight movie • Mink Stole (actor) • mobile home • notoriety • otherness • over-acting • over-the-top • pink • Pink Flamingos (film) • poodle • provocative • pseudonym • punk • punk rock ethos • shock • shocking • Steve Yeager • subculture • swallow • taboo • transgression • trash • underground • underground star • USA • violence

CONTRIBUTOR

Simon Perkins
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