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Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Michael_Elliott Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB (1967) *** (out of 4)This short film from writer-director George Lucas was certainly the most important one he ever made for a number of reasons. For one, it got some national attention, which also meant critics were aware of his name. For two, it led to him meeting Steven Spielberg and we know what happened from there. And thirdly, the film would eventually be turned into a feature.The story is pretty simple as it takes place in a futuristic world where a man (Dan Natchsheim) is trying to escape but no matter where he runs someone is monitoring him.As of me writing this, I actually haven't seen the feature so I have no idea of knowing what Lucas changed or whatever but for the most part this here was pretty interesting. I thought the highlight was clearly the visuals since Lucas didn't have too much money to work with yet you still got the impression that you were watching something set in the future. The "story" was a bit all over the map but I guess that was to be somewhat expected and I'm sure it was expanded for the feature.

Horst in Translation ([email protected]) George Lucas was in his early 20s when he shot "Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB". This must be taken into consideration when evaluating this 15-minute short film. He has worked on a couple other films before already, but unfortunately this seemingly was not a great help in improving this short film, maybe his most famous early work.It's the year 2187 and we see a man running through a futuristic labyrinth, in which he is under constant surveillance by a higher authority. From start to finish, the audience is confronted with scary choir voices, undefined blinding light effects and radio voices. Sometimes less can be more and I wish Lucas would have taken that approach. The torture scenes and depicting the protagonist equal to a lab rat made for quite some shock value, but there was not a single point in this short film, where I really felt the character's helplessness and claustrophobic scare, which would have been necessary to really experience his delight when he finally manages to break free.I've watched quite a few very early short films from notable directors and this is one of the weaker examples. Hard to believe that only 10 years later, Lucas brought to life the probably most renowned movie franchise of all time.

WakenPayne Mind you this can be a strange viewing for some people. But if you have worked on a student film yourself, even if it is just one from a High School Film and TV Class you will appreciate this movie and all the work George Lucas put into it quite a lot more than as an average movie watcher.The plot of this movie is basically that a man by the name of THX 1138 4EB is running away from the society he was a part of.So it might be a thin plot. You might not like it but if you've worked on a student film then this will be appreciated a whole lot more. And even on it's own unusual merits this is a decent watch, at least in my opinion.

emasterslake This was the student film that George Lucas did way before he became successful in cinema.4 years before he made the THX 1138 film. He created this short film which is very well written.The whole short has to do with THX, an individual trap in a sick twisted world. Which he tries escape throughout the whole short.It's very different from the full length film. But those who are curious to know what the earlier version is. This one's definitely an early version.All great director start somewhere in their careers. And this is a fine example of a student film.It's available on the THX Director's Cut DVD.