Alex Cox, director of the classic Repo Man, talks with The Quietus’s Craig Terlino about his frustrations with the entertainment industry, the alleged longstanding studio grudge that’s prevented a US Repo Man Blu-Ray reissue, and his desire that his fans should “pirate my work.”
It’s so corrupt. Now they want to have longer copyright periods because they say the young artists are relying on this money. The young artists never see any money because they sign away that money to big media corporations, like Universal and Viacom. We, the artists, lose all of our rights to these massive corporations, who then come down heavy on these kids for downloading films and music that we never see a penny from. It’s complete bullshit. I want to encourage your audience to go and pirate a bunch of my stuff right away.
Repo Man Rides Again: Alex Cox Interviewed
(Thanks, Joly!)