: THX-1138
Director: George Lucas
I saw this years ago — it’s George Lucas’ debut film — but watched it again to see how it holds up. I don’t know if this was a re-edit or updated version, but the special effects were extremely impressive and modern-looking in places. Like in the car chase seen I swear the stuff looked digital — so either it’s been recently enhanced or Lucas was a genius back in the 1970s. As far as the story goes, this is still just as bleak and depressing as ever. It’s quite remarkable that this movie got made. It’s set in a future where humans all take government mandated drugs to keep them docile, and the story’s about one man who rebels. But it’s not an exciting rebellion, since he’s sluggish and half-drugged, so the story’s not really an action film (except for a couple sequences) and is slow moving. The sets are and performances are the most fascinating. On this viewing I was also really impressed with the background dialog and “cinema verite” style Lucas used (much of the film we see is security camera footage), so we have things like technicians chatting about computer glitches and stuff — fascinatingly advanced for the early 1970s and well done. The film holds up astonishingly well.
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