Post by Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe on Jul 30, 2004 1:03:18 GMT -6
This was quite the odd film that left me unsettled when I first saw it as a kid. But elements of this level of society are seeping into everyday life now.
Starring Robert Duvall and Donald Pleasence it was released in 1971. This was George Lucas's first film, and pretty good for a 26 year old kid.
Starring Robert Duvall and Donald Pleasence, THX 1138 leads viewers into a 25th-century totalitarian state where citizens are stripped of individuality and become numbered drones, controlled by a government-enforced program of sedating drugs. THX 1138 (Duvall) is a factory worker whose life is irrevocably changed when his roommate, LUH 3417 (Maggie McOmie), causes them both to stop taking their drugs.
Their sexual feelings begin to awaken and lead to a forbidden love affair. The state discovers the illegal coupling and drug evasion and separates THX and LUH. But THX is determined to flee his wall-less prison and discover LUH's fate. To do so, he must avoid the robotic police force and unknown dangers of the outside world. Pleasence co-stars as SEN 5241, who makes the perilous journey with THX.
The ending is rather stark as he breaks out of the compound and sees the Sun for the first time in his life!
Starring Robert Duvall and Donald Pleasence it was released in 1971. This was George Lucas's first film, and pretty good for a 26 year old kid.
Starring Robert Duvall and Donald Pleasence, THX 1138 leads viewers into a 25th-century totalitarian state where citizens are stripped of individuality and become numbered drones, controlled by a government-enforced program of sedating drugs. THX 1138 (Duvall) is a factory worker whose life is irrevocably changed when his roommate, LUH 3417 (Maggie McOmie), causes them both to stop taking their drugs.
Their sexual feelings begin to awaken and lead to a forbidden love affair. The state discovers the illegal coupling and drug evasion and separates THX and LUH. But THX is determined to flee his wall-less prison and discover LUH's fate. To do so, he must avoid the robotic police force and unknown dangers of the outside world. Pleasence co-stars as SEN 5241, who makes the perilous journey with THX.
The ending is rather stark as he breaks out of the compound and sees the Sun for the first time in his life!
