THX 1138

Just got back from the NBH where we watched THX 1138 (1971) - George Lucas's first feature film. Based on ideas from "1984", "Brave New World", "The Prisoner", "Planet of the Apes", etc. - this is the traditional 1960's/70's escape from "anti-utopia". Very subdued and static, not much dialogue. A full rising action, climax, and resolution, but still dissorienting and hard to follow. The new release (2004) we watched has some definite CG that wouldn't have been possible in 1970, but we aren't exactly sure how it got added, when, etc. Still a good movie to watch at least once - I probably won't watch it again as it is drawn out - but I can definitely see where it has influenced many various movies such as "Gattaca" (my favorite Sci-Fi), "Equillibrium", and movies like that. I'd recommend it for the movie or Sci-Fi buff.