September 2005

After releasing a 'vanilla' version of the REPO MAN DVD last year, Universal are putting together an Improved DVD, with new elements, for release early next year - motivated, I think, by the well-attended screening of the new 35mm print, at the Egyptian, in Hollywood, last August.

In addition to the existing audio commentary which Sy Richardson, Michael Nesmith, Vicky Thomas, Dick Rude, Del Zamora, Zander Schloss and I did for the Anchor Bay DVD, the re-reissued DVD will include three new documentaries about aspects of REPO MAN, directed by Jonathan Wacks, Peter McCarthy, and me.

Due to Universal's policy, none of us receive directing credits. Let's see if you can guess who directed which!

Wacks and McCarthy were the producers of REPO MAN, of course, and later directed features of their own. It's the first time we've worked together since, so the new DVD elements will be a potentially tearful trip down memory lane.

Also involved are Harry Dean Stanton, Zander, the Nez, and Sam Cohen, inventor of the Neutron Bomb.

Release date for the new REPO MAN DVD is, tentatively, January 2006.

Alex Cox has been asked to direct the 2006 Green Party Election Broadcast for local government elections in England in April 2006. The 2005 Green Party election broadcasts for Scotland, England and Wales were directed by Cox and produced by Kim Ryan of Cohiba productions, in Liverpool.

There were five different 4 minute, 40 second broadcasts - one for the UK, one for Scotland, one for England, and two, in different languages, for Wales. All were shot and edited by Jah Jussah, at Toxteth TV.

The 2005 broadcast featured the actor Carla Henry, and music by Franz Ferdinand. The 2006 broadcast will be quite different, Cox promises.

(When the 2005 election broadcast went out, Channel 4 screened it with the subtitles of a rival party, the right-wing UKIP.)

The Green Party of England and Wales can be found here,
and the Scottish Greens can be found here.