Immaculate Obsession

A personal plea: Yes, this blog is young, and has a readership of almost nil. However, to anyone who cares about seeing the new and different celebrated rather than trashed, you need to start acting now.

Repo! The Genetic Opera is literally a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Repo! is a Science Fiction Horror Rock Opera, and if that phrase alone doesn’t start your heart pounding, then I’m not sure what else I can say to convince you. Oh, well there is the fact that the male lead is played by Anthony Stewart Head, who you might recogninze from his excellent work in the Buffy-verse. Not to mention the fact that you get to see Paris Hilton look almost Goth.

Yes, that’s right. We get to see a raven-haired Hotel Princess sing her way through a production that has a trailer darker than most dark films. Other notable memorable members of the cast? Alexa Vega, who those of growing up in the right generation may remember as Carmen Cortez from Spy Kids. I always wondered what had happened to her, and it turns out she ended up playing the geneticically diseased invalid daughter of a Organ Repo Man.

Still need convincing? Check out the Repo! trailer. If the music and the cinematography don’t immediately grab you, then perhaps this musical masterpiece isn’t for you. However, if you feel you need just a little more convincing check out this scene: Zydrate Anatomy.I will confess that, being an old musical theater person myself, I am very addicited to the music. Every time I listen to the songs, I hear some new nuance that just enriches the whole experience. I encourage you to get the soundtrack and share in the moment.

So why the blog post? Besides my desire to spread the word about great things in the world of Science Fiction, we cannot be merely passive viewers of Repo! Wemight not be given the chance. The production studio releasing Repo!, Lionsgate Films, has so far said they will only be releasing the film in a handful of theaters across the country, the number rumored somewhere between four (one each in New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and San Francisco) and ten.

How can you help? Start by checking out the Repo! Opera Forum, and seeing if there is already a Repo! Army running in your area. If not, start one. Beyond that, buy the soundtrack. Actually BUY, in some form or another. Large soundtrack slaes show the studio that there is real interest in the film, and may prompt an expanded release. Also, find a movie theater you like, call them up, and ask them if they’ve heard of the movie. If they haven’t, tell them about it and how much interest you  have in seeing it at their theater. If they have heard of Repo!, ask them if they are showing it. If not, ask why. The more support we get for this, the better chance we have.