THX 1138 (1971)
Anno di uscita: 1971
Nazione: United States
Alternative Title: THX-1138
Regista: George Lucas
Writer: George Lucas, Walter Murch
Produzione & Genere
Produttore: Producer: Larry Sturhahn
Executive Producer: Francis Ford Coppola
Società: American Zoetrope, Warner Bros. Pictures
Genere: Action, Arthouse Science Fiction Film, Drama, Dystopian Film, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Film, Thriller
Budget: 777.000
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Parole chiave
Parole chiave: computer, drug addiction, dystopia, future, hearing, hologram, mind control, phasing, police, prison, psychological thriller, subterranean town, totalitarian regime
Storia
In the totalitarian society of the future, people are kept docile by drugs. THX 1138, a technician, stops taking his prescribed medication and begins to experience emotions for the first time. He starts an affair with LUH 3417, another drug-free individual. Their relationship is discovered and they are arrested. THX is sent to prison where he undergoes psychological testing but escapes after hearing voices that lead him back to LUH.
Riassunto
THX 1138 is George Lucas' directorial debut from 1971. Set in a dystopian future where individuality is forbidden, the film explores themes of drug addiction and mind control within a totalitarian regime. The movie focuses on THX 1138, an individual who stops taking his sedative pills, leading him to experience emotions and question the society he lives in.
