Cyberpunk Cinema
EP23 - THX 1138 (1971)
Welcome to Cyberpunk Cinema – the Definitive Dive into the Dark Future of Science Fiction. I am your host, Anthony La Pira, and I will be taking you on a cinematic journey through the sprawling cityscapes, the crippling datastorms, and the cybernetic implants that encompass all things Cyberpunk.
In this week’s episode, I will be breaking-down the 1971 dystopian protopunk film, THX 1138 – co-written by George Lucas and Walter Murch and directed by George Lucas, starring Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasance, Don Pedro Colley, and Maggie McOmie.
In the 25th century, a time when people have designations instead of names, a man, THX 1138, and a woman, LUH 3417, rebel against their rigidly controlled society.
This was the debut film of George Lucas before he created Star Wars. It is a protopunk masterpiece that was the primer for the rest of Lucas’ career as a filmmaker. It delves into all of the hallmarks of cyberpunk before it’s official designation – dystopian society, mind control, drug abuse, cyborgs, cassette futurism. It has a little bit of everything and it paved the way for future of science fiction. It is criminally underrated and I’ll be breaking it down next!
So, do me a favor – it’s time to access your cranial jacks, boot up your Ono-Sendai Cyberspace 7, and slap on your damn mirror-shades. You know what time it is! Cyberpunk Cinema starts…now!
- Anthony's IG - https://www.instagram.com/stormgiantproductions
- Cyberpunk Cinema IG - https://www.instagram.com/cyberpunk.cinema
- Signal Fragment SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/signalfragment
Welcome to Cyberpunk Cinema – the Definitive Dive into the Dark Future of Science Fiction. I am your host, Anthony La Pira, and I will be taking you on a cinematic journey through the sprawling cityscapes, the crippling datastorms, and the cybernetic implants that encompass all things Cyberpunk.
In this week’s episode, I will be breaking-down the 1971 dystopian protopunk film, THX 1138 – co-written by George Lucas and Walter Murch and directed by George Lucas, starring Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasance, Don Pedro Colley, and Maggie McOmie.
In the 25th century, a time when people have designations instead of names, a man, THX 1138, and a woman, LUH 3417, rebel against their rigidly controlled society.
This was the debut film of George Lucas before he created Star Wars. It is a protopunk masterpiece that was the primer for the rest of Lucas’ career as a filmmaker. It delves into all of the hallmarks of cyberpunk before it’s official designation – dystopian society, mind control, drug abuse, cyborgs, cassette futurism. It has a little bit of everything and it paved the way for future of science fiction. It is criminally underrated and I’ll be breaking it down next!
So, do me a favor – it’s time to access your cranial jacks, boot up your Ono-Sendai Cyberspace 7, and slap on your damn mirror-shades. You know what time it is! Cyberpunk Cinema starts…now!
- Anthony's IG - https://www.instagram.com/stormgiantproductions
- Cyberpunk Cinema IG - https://www.instagram.com/cyberpunk.cinema
- Signal Fragment SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/signalfragment