THX-1138

This week, Ian, Martyn & Joe metaphorically shave their heads in an attempt to “Be Happy” while they talk about George Lucas’ debut feature film, THX-1138. THX-1138 is set in a society where sex is illegal, mind altering medications are mandatory to ensure their ability to perform dangerous tasks, and all surroundings are white, plain and maze-like. When factory worker THX-1138 (Robert Duvall) and his female roommate LUH-3417 (Maggie McOmie) start altering their medications and feeling emotional attachment to each other, they attract attention of the controlling entity of this dystopian 25th century world. Separated and imprisoned, THX sets out to rescue LUH and escape the powers that be, accompanied by the tempting and manipulative SEN-5241 (Donald Pleasance) and a hologram they encounter along the way, SRT-5752 (Don Pedro Colley). This 1971 American Zoetrope cult classic film calls into question the corporatization and medication of a culture, which seems to have being happening concurrently in the real world. It reminds us that we are humans and should not exist as puppets of the state in a suppressed, self-policing culture, and that we need to wake up to that on our own. All this, and the re-introduction of our rating system, Highlepeños, on this week’s episode of 3Amoviegos.