THX 1138 (1971)
Genre: Scifi / Drama
Duration: 86 minuten / 88 minuten (director's cut)
Country:
United States
Directed by: George Lucas
Stars: Robert Duvall, Maggie McOmie and Donald Pleasence
IMDb score:
6,6 (57.329)
Releasedate: 11 March 1971
THX 1138 plot
"Visit the future where love is the ultimate crime."
THX-1138, LUH-3417 and SEN-5241 try to escape from a futuristic society located beneath the surface of the Earth. Society has banned sex and uses drugs to control the population.
Reviews & comments
Onderhond
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It's a shame I didn't see the original. You still wonder how drastic the changes have been.
The CGi is clear, but otherwise not so disturbing. But the rest looks great, and above all sounds very nice. All those monotonous voices throughout the film create a cool atmosphere. And for a film from 1971, it still looks very handsome, something that all those other contemporaries can't claim as far as I'm concerned.
Nice story too, very fun to follow, and with enough weirdness to suggest a believable future. Can only give 4* to this, very interesting. That such a guy then decides to spend the rest of his career with Star Wars is a loss, but he has made at least one good film. Not coincidentally his first. 
Edit: http://thx-1138.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=32
Here's some comparative footage. Seems to me to be improvements on the original, although others will probably disagree.
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arno74
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Visually nice, and there are some nice sci-fi ideas in it, but unfortunately it's not very exciting across the board. It seemed like a nice short film, but it turned out to be a very long one, since the many sci-fi hocus-pocus dialogues, which contain quite a lot of repetition, failed to interest me. Unfortunately, the same goes for the characters. The film looks like a thriller but lacks the necessary tension, a good story, and a good structure. Could be better. 1,5*
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Filmkriebel
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Lucas' experimental debut was not a success and marked the end of his association with Warner Bros. Coppola was also thanked for his services. THX was too progressive for the movie bosses and they saw no return on investment in it. They will later complain that they let the goose that lay the golden eggs: Coppola would score with The Godfather and Lucas of course with Star Wars.
In my opinion THX is stylistically close to 2001 Space Odyssey. Sober, clinical with white backgrounds. Pure Science Fiction is this in which people fantasize about a possible future. Underground, overly controlled in which people have been drugged to remain docile. The state ensures the happiness of its citizens through consumption and labor. THX, a technician in an android robot assembly company, is unhappy and, after a sex offense, plots a plan to escape the dystopian world he lives in.
I find it a difficult film to love and judge, it's too cold and distant for me. First time seeing it, but these are the kind of movies you have to watch two or three times to let it sink in little by little. I have no doubt that it will have been a source of inspiration for other directors due to its modern looks. For now a 3* for this Director's Cut.
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