Alex Cox - Alex Cox and Oliver Stone Walk into a Bar

Alex Cox directed Repo Man fresh out of UCLA film school in the summer of 1983. As is the case with most cult classics, it took years before it found its audience. Turns out the soundtrack was a hit before the film. What followed over the next few years was a string of films, Sid & Nancy, Straight To Hell, and Walker, that established Alex Cox as a filmmaker who embodied the punk rock ethos of that time. As Alex pushed boundaries, he fell out of favor with the Hollywood studios. Over the ...