THX 1138

lenient government systems, and others prefer controlling, dictator-like systems. Sadly, lots of people are opposed to their government systems, and many even rebel against their governments to fight for their rights. George Lucas’ dramatic movie THX 1138 warns viewers that as governments become more and more powerful, the closer societies become to the controlled, cold, inhumane society depicted in the movie. The film focuses on a society that controls peoples’ emotions by forcing them to take emotion-altering

school, he wrote and directed the film THX 1138 in 1971, Lucas’s first real film work. THX 1138 takes place in the dystopian future where the government closely controls every aspect of life, both at home and at work, through the use of city wide mandatory medication and through an overbearing police force. Everyone in the film performs a specific task in the society with no deviation from the status quo. While the story may seem abstract or unreal, THX 1138 predicted the future of the United States

Alexi Person Rule of Law in Relation to THX-1138 Rule of Law, as defined by Friedrich Hayek, is a notion concerning the legislation and objectiveness of government as well as fixed rules. Rule of Law is apparent in THX-1138, a film that is set in a dystopian civilization where all of society is forced to take mind altering pills and treated identically. Due to the structure of the government depicted in THX-1138, Hayek would consider the society in THX-1138 to be conforming with Rule of Law. To

Lucas soon transferred to University of Southern California film making school. While attending the school he produced a short futuristic Sci-fi film called Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB and soon became very close with Francis Ford Coppola, whom had an active interest in releasing new filmmaking talent. Warner Brothers were convinced by Coppola to make a feature length version of the film. Lucas was intimidated by failure of

Monuments and Masculinity Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day (1996) mirrors the ideology of a sci-fi film outlined by Susan Sontag in the Imagination of Disaster so closely that it borders on a lack of creativity. That is what qualifies this film as a ‘revival’ of the sci-fi genre following revisionist works like Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). This film, among other things, believes that femininity in leadership will lead to disaster on the political stage and that personal

future world seem to have the common theme that technology will play a big part in the development of the future. The development of technology will lead to the advances that will take the world into the next century and beyond. George Lucas' film THX 1138 and Robert

Science fiction films constantly question technology’s role in our lives. Films such as James Cameron’s Terminator 2 (1991), George Lucas’s THX 1138 (1971) and the Wachowski’s, The Matrix (1999), discuss the anxieties and dangers associated with technology. THX 1138 alerts the audience of the control technology has over the people who use it. The Matrix critiques how susceptible people are to believe in the visuals of cinema and reject through reality. Terminator 2 focuses on the unreliably of technology

Furthermore, Lucas has impacted the film industry in countless ways. His main impacts are those on the film industry. Lucas set a benchmark for sound with his development of the sound system called THX (Champlin 7). The highest of quality home receivers and highest quality movie theater sound systems are designed with THX (Champlin 7). The release of star wars may have been discouraging for other producers at the time, as it blew away the competition, George Lucas also helped pushed the film industry to where

George Lucas is most known for creating the famous Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies. He was born on May 14, 1944 in Modesto, California. His full name is George Walton Lucas Jr. His father’s name is George Walton Lucas Sr., and his mother’s name is Dorothy Ellinore Bomberger. George Lucas’ wife was Marcia Lou Griffin (Lucas) from 1969-1983. He had a long term relationship with Linda Ronstadt. Currently, his wife is Mellody Hobson. Lucas adopted Amanda Lucas, Katie Lucas, and Jett Lucas. Lucas and

emphasising contextual values such as identity is futile when faced against suppressive civilisation, and thus such dominant society where exploitation prevails. THX1138 display elements of a dystopian classic that assist Lucas in exploring protagonist THX 1138 internal thoughts