...It's 4 A.M., do you know where your director is?

"Question: When did you first encounter punk rock?

Alex Cox: It was either Devo at the Starwood, which was their first Los Angeles performance, or it was an aborted gig at the Elk's Lodge Hall in Los Angeles, which I think The Go-Go's played at. And it was supposed to be the Plugz and X and all these other L.A. bands, but the cops came and shut it down. The man wouldn't let the kids play their music. It was like a police riot: The police were smashing people's heads on the ground and that sort of thing. That was my introduction to the punk-rock scene. Either that or Devo, because both those shows were around the same time. "

Today, on the UCLA campus, there will be a screening of REPO MAN (1984) followed by a Q&A session with the writer/director Alex Cox. Go see it if you can.

The above quote comes from a 2000 interview posted on the A.V. Club website. Read the whole thing here.

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