THX 1138 [1971 film]
by George Lucas (Director, Screenwriter), Walter Murch (Screenwriter)
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"A man whose mind and body are controlled by the government ... makes a harrowing attempt to escape from a world where thoughts are controlled, freedom is an impossibility and love is the ultimate crime"--Container.Tags
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I see why it is a classic, but it left me feeling a bit meh. In a world where everyone is drugged to compliance, and sex is forbidden two people stop taking all their drugs and fall in love. Escape and tragedy are also part of the experience.
Still, on another level, the overmedicalisation of most of humanity continues and Television is often the opium of the masses. We live lives where we drift exhausted from home to work and back again and wonder what it's all about. Is it different enough?
Still, on another level, the overmedicalisation of most of humanity continues and Television is often the opium of the masses. We live lives where we drift exhausted from home to work and back again and wonder what it's all about. Is it different enough?
A man in a far-future dystopia is arrested for not taking enough drugs.
It's a speculative rating, really. Since the DVD just has the director's cut (with cartoons drawn on top of everything), I can only guess what the original was like. It seems very interesting, and surprisingly intense for such an eye-roll-inducing set-up.
Concept: C
Story: C
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: B
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: D
Acting: B
Music: B
Enjoyment: B
GPA: 2.4/4
It's a speculative rating, really. Since the DVD just has the director's cut (with cartoons drawn on top of everything), I can only guess what the original was like. It seems very interesting, and surprisingly intense for such an eye-roll-inducing set-up.
Concept: C
Story: C
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: B
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: D
Acting: B
Music: B
Enjoyment: B
GPA: 2.4/4
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Walter Murch is an editor, sound designer, director, and screenwriter who has been honored repeatedly by both the American and British Motion Picture Academies for his picture editing and sound mixing. Among the many notable films he has edited and/or mixed are The Conversation, American Graffiti, Julia, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather Part II and show more Part III, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, House of Cards, Ghost, Crumb, The English Patient, and The Talented Mr. Ripley show less
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