About this episode

The episode explores George Lucas' first feature film, 'THX 1138', focusing on its themes of control and rebellion.

This week, we're looking for a way out with 1971's "THX 1138." We get deep into George Lucas' first feature film and marvel at how he crafted this dense, raw, scathing sci-fi vision of control and rebellion six years before "Star Wars." Listen now.

Topics covered

• THX 1138
• George Lucas
• sci-fi
• control
• rebellion

Keywords

• 1971
• film analysis
• Star Wars

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: THX 1138, Star Wars

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