# Can you identify this movie?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 13, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-movie/673850 "2013-11-13T20:00:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-movie/673850/1 "2013-11-13T20:00:37Z")

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I apologize for the minimal information I am providing; it’s all I can remember.

A man is shopping in a mall; every product he sees is without labels - nothing on them to distinguish one from the other. No brands, everything identical.

The movie was some sort of a statement on the capitalist system. I cannot remember if the vibes were largely positive or otherwise; it may also have had post-apocalyptic and/or futuristic overtones. I do not remember seeing excessive violence, so the obvious cyborg genre is ruled out. It happens right here on earth, so space opera is ruled out.

I saw this movie in the late 80s or maybe early 90s. It had a 70s feel to it; but this may not be very reliable.

Again I am sorry I don’t remember more; any help to identify this movie is appreciated.

TIA!

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**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-movie/673850/2 "2013-11-13T20:12:18Z")

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Could it have been a) Repoman which IIRC, had generic “food” in cans, or b) Eraserhead (which I’ve blocked out of my mind after lots of therapy)?

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-movie/673850/3 "2013-11-13T20:17:06Z")

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[Repo Man.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repo_Man_(film))

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**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-movie/673850/4 "2013-11-13T20:34:36Z")

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I was all excited to say _Repo Man_ because I never get to these threads early enough.

And I still don’t.

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**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-movie/673850/5 "2013-11-14T01:27:07Z")

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> [@madmonk28](#):
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> Could it have been a) Repoman which IIRC, had generic “food” in cans, or b) Eraserhead (which I’ve blocked out of my mind after lots of therapy)?

Funny coincidence, I saw **The Host** a day ago and it has a similar scene. The products are all generic labels, the store has a huge sign saying Store, and everything was free.