Anarchist, iconoclast and outsider: Alex Cox is a filmmaker with real passion and a unique independent spirit. The films Repo Man (1984) and Sid & Nancy (1986) made Alex Cox one of the primary observers and chroniclers of the Punk generation. Cox was a good friend of The Clash's lead singer Joe Strummer, whom he entrusted with a prized role in the Spaghetti Western parody Straight to Hell (1987) as well as with the original soundtrack to Walker (1987), a film that succeeded in blacklisting Cox from several big studios. While shooting in Nicaragua, Cox donated a part of Universal's budget to the Sandinista National Liberation Front. A gesture worthy of this uncompromising man whose strong political conscience definitively banished him from “mainstream” productions. He went on to direct a number of more or less successful independent films in collaboration with his wife, the producer Tod Davies: Highway Patrolman (1992), Death and the Compass (1996) and the Jacobin drama Revengers Tragedy (2002). In recent years, Cox has dedicated his time to creating “Microfeatures”: films with a budget of less than 100,000£. For the festival, Cox will do us the honor of presenting a selection of his own movies as well as sharing his insight into one of his favorite genres: the Spaghetti Western.
