Screengem: Otto’s single earring in Repo Man (Alex Cox, 1984)
In Alex Cox’s directorial debut Repo Man (1984), Emilio Estevez’s character Otto Maddox muddies the traditional code of appropriate masculinity…
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Lost Classic: The Rutles – All You Need is Cash (Eric Idle, 1978)
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