Alex Cox announces his last movie and you can get involved

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I’m sure a lot of you will be aware but for those of you who aren’t… Director Alex Cox recently announced what will quite possibly be his last movie and it’s going to be a western, with filming in Spain and America. The story is complete and a few people have already signed … as an independent it is being at least part funded via Kickstarter and with just under a month left it has already surpassed the initial $75,000 but obviously that isn’t enough to make a feature film on two continents so it is still running and there is still some great swag to be bagged for anyone wanting to get involved.

Have a look over at Alex Cox: My Last Movie - Kickstarter

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I can’t in good conscience give money to a man that has Don’t Touch the White Woman in his Top 20 list of Spaghetti Westerns. :wink:

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Ahh fair enough, I’ve not seen that myself but it doesn’t look particularly promising :wink:

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The most interesting thing about this project for us here is probably that Gianni Garko is connected to it. As I understand it, he isn’t 100% nailed down to it but has been having protracted talks and has discussed the script. I know Alex is very keen to have him involved

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Yes definitely Phil, I very much hope this part of the project comes to fruition too

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If someone could just give Alex Cox a real budget, then we could have more things like Repo Man, Sid & Nancy, Walker, Highway Patrolman …

Such talent. Such a shame he has to resort to crowdfunding.

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I guess that being independent has the pro’s of being able to choose your own destiny and be more in control of the final output… however the con’s of having to work harder for your budget. (I agree though, love his films)

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I talked to alex by email a few months ago about doing another but he said this is it !

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I watched “Three businessmen” for the first time recently. What a great film! I can’t believe it never got a blu-ray release. I have a good mind to email Criterion or Kino Lorber (since both have released Alex Cox greatness on blu-ray) to ask them to remedy that.

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Never heard anyone get so enthused about Alex Cox … what’s going on?

:rofl:

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I agree! Highly enjoyable

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Three Businessmen is one of Cox’s best I think. Well worth a proper release by someone.

And Alex’s last movie has just completed shooting in Almeria as far as I know and is now off to Tucson Arizona for more filming. Gianni Garko eventually declined appearing but will have a credit as screenwriter I believe as he worked a lot on it with Alex.

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Is it a western? Should we have a DB entry?

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It is a western.
And yes, we should have a DB entry in time. At the moment though it is still just called Alex Cox’s Last Movie so we should probably wait until a final title is decided. :laughing:

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Dead Mexicans is what I am reading on FB

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Have you watched Highway Patrolman?

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I hope this final effort works out. My fear is that the lack of budget will be telling. I didn’t think much of Tombstone Rashomon for that reason. The idea was conceptually cool though.

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No I haven’t … but I’ve seen, or at least partially seen all the others from the 1980s and I really don’t rate him at all.

Might see if I can locate ‘Highway Patrolman’, and give him one last chance of redemption :wink:

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Yep, he’s just finished filming in Spain and the next shoot is in the US

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Yep… it’s a western

Dead Mexicans as far as I know
Ed Tudorpole, Zander Schloss, Sarah Vista and I think Dick Rude are all in it.
He’s been filming in Tabernas and will be filming in US as well