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Dominican Rep. THX 1138
6,810
Sci-Fi
Visit the future where love is the ultimate crime. George Lucas adapted this, his first film, from a short he made at University. THX 1138, LUH 3417, and SEN 5241 attempt to escape from a futuristic society located beneath the surface of the Earth. The society has outlawed sex, with drugs used to control the people. THX 1138 stops taking the drugs, and gets LUH 3417 pregnant. They are both thrown in jail where they meet SEN 5241 and start to plan their escape. [+]
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"The movie's strength is not in its story but in its unsettling and weirdly effective visual and sound style (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" | POS |
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"Testament to the emergence of a visually masterful filmmaker, capable of ingenious, low-tech special effects." | POS |
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San Francisco Chronicle | "A nice gift for science fiction fans." | POS |
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Boston Globe | "For someone wanting to get noticed as a filmmaker, George Lucas couldn't have done much better than THX 1138, his 1971 feature debut" | POS |
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"The surprising thing about George Lucas's first feature (1971), a dystopian SF parable now digitally enhanced and expanded by five minutes, is how arty it seems compared to his later movies." | POS |
United Kingdom |
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"Neglected on its initial release, this now stands as a classic science fiction movie and one of the most remarkable debuts of the 70s." | POS |
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"Visually it is often extraordinary, with Lucas playing on perspectives and dislocations throughout" | POS |
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"I have a good many reservations about the film's ideas, but they are greatly outweighed by my admiration for a technical virtuosity that by fair means and foul achieves exceptional emotional intensity at the same time." | POS |
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