THX 1138 (1971)
Año de lanzamiento: 1971
Nación: United States
Alternative Title: THX-1138
Director: George Lucas
Writer: George Lucas, Walter Murch
Producción & Género
Productor: Producer: Larry Sturhahn
Executive Producer: Francis Ford Coppola
Compañías: American Zoetrope, Warner Bros. Pictures
Género: Action, Arthouse Science Fiction Film, Drama, Dystopian Film, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Film, Thriller
Budget: 777.000
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Palabras clave
Palabras clave: computer, drug addiction, dystopia, future, hearing, hologram, mind control, phasing, police, prison, psychological thriller, subterranean town, totalitarian regime
Historia
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.
Resumen
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.
