THX 1138

THX 1138

The Future is here.

Rating

1.5 (1)

Release Date

3/11/1971

Runtime

86 mins

Overview

People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the first time he has feelings for a woman and they start a secret relationship.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$777,000

Revenue

$2,437,000

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A haunting descent into a dehumanized future where individuality itself is a crime. Watching THX 1138 feels like witnessing the last spark of humanity struggle against an overwhelming, soulless machine.

Mood

ClaustrophobicUnsettlingBleakContemplative

Themes

IdentityFreedomAddictionPowerLove

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

FormalistHigh-contrastDesaturated

Structure

Linear

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