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THX 1138 was director George Lucas' directorial debut. Released in 1971 to a lukewarm reception, it's captured the hearts and minds of viewers around the world since. The film was a dystopian, symbolic vision of one man's escape from his daily imprisonment.
These days it isn’t heard to imagine a future where your social security number became your only form of identification. Besides, in America, it now seems to be just about the only form of identification that really counts anyway. Well, take that concept to the nth degree and imagine a bleak time in the future, when all other forms of human identification are stripped away- leaving people to be identified by serial numbers or even barcodes- sounds scary even now.
However, back in 1971, when George Lucas’ THX 1138 first premiered, I’m sure it seemed far more frightening, especially when you consider that people were still shuffling papers manually, there wasn’t a computer on every desktop and information wasn’t instantaneously accessible.
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The sounds and images that erupt from the film are carefully planned and wonderfully executed. THX 1138 was a film years ahead of its time.
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