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Walker

Walker

Alex Cox, 1987

Spine #423

Picked by 2 guests

Drama / History / Western

Criterion Letterboxd TMDB

Directed by Alex Cox

Written by Rudy Wurlitzer

Cinematography David Bridges

Edited by Carlos Puente, Alex Cox

Cast Ed Harris, Richard Masur, René Auberjonois, Keith Szarabajka, Sy Richardson, Xander Berkeley, John Diehl, Peter Boyle

Picked by

Paul Scheer

“Walker. Everyone knows Repo Man, Repo Man is great, but Alex Cox made this really subversive biopic—not biopic—really about like what America does when they come in and try to take over. It is brilliant, it is meta, it is funny, it is weird, and it just shows how history repeats itself. I didn't know it was in the Criterion closet and I'm going to take it.”

Edgar Wright

“Oh is that Alex Cox? Oh yeah, I've never seen this Alex Cox film. I do like Alex Cox and he was a big deal when I was a teenager because he used to present this show on BBC2 called Moviedrome where he used to introduce cult movies.”