Review – THX-1138

This early George Lucas attempt at directing reeks of the student project it once was before some gullible studio gave him enough money beef it up a bit. With the extra cash he hired Robert Duvall and shot some footage in tunnels and underground storage caves. The plot itself is a dystopian vision of a future in which robots are cops, people are robots, and hair has been outlawed. The quirky, blinding white visuals might have been interesting, perhaps even stunning, in smaller doses, but they pervade the production so thoroughly that the show ultimately gets a little eye-straining. Though this picture deserves a spot on the list of all-time great ultra-grim visions of the future (not to mention the list of films that will probably mess with your mind if you watch while substance-impaired), for the most part it’s just too vapid, meandering and dated to rank much above the level of curiosity. See if desperate