3:00 snapshot #1138

[urbpan]

The fire exit in the Tropical Forest exhibit.

Tonight I shared "Repo Man" with my coworkers, for our zookeeper society movie night. I've wanted to do it ever since I knew we had movie nights. Many of the people watching were not born when the movie came out. I think it went over quite well, considering that it was low budget even for the time it was made, and these people are used to 200 million dollar movies.

I think it holds up as a film. Still very funny, still great music, still a fairly unpredictable story. If I had my hands on it I might edit out about 10 minutes that slow it down a bit (the party at Miller's house with the Repo Wives seems extraneous for example).

I still have The Plugz soundtrack music in my head:

The cassette of the soundtrack was the biggest influence on my taste in music--that and my friend Brian Strniste who was into New Wave and New Romantics stuff. I heard Fear and Suicidal Tendencies and thought, WHOA music can sound like this? Give me more!

Edited to add: Next movie night is Labyrinth, which I described to one youngster as an "above-average Muppet chick movie."

Comments

[elainetyger.livejournal.com]

Now that's my kind of picture!

(&My favorite memory from Repo Man is the running joke of generic labeling.)

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

I never saw Repo Man, but it's some of my good friends with good tastes' favourite films. I must get around to seeing it.

Is Labyrinth a chick movie? Is THAT what David Boweie's trousers are about?

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I saw it in high school with my girlfriend and one of her female friends, and all they could talk about after was David Bowie's trousers. So, yes. Also: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/david-bowie's-package