In the 25th century, people living in a vast underground city are prohibited from engaging in sexual activity but are encouraged to take drugs that keep them in a state of unawareness. THX falls in love with his roommate LUH, and both of them are arrested. They meet SRT, another nonconformist, and together they plan their escape, working their way up to the surface of the Earth, with the hope of seeing the sun again.


Books with substantial mentioning of THX 1138

Welch Everman
Cult Science Fiction Films, From the Amazing Colossal Man to Yog - Monster From Space
Secaucus, N.J., 1995

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1985, A Survey of 1984 Films
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1985
pp. 638-643 info

Reviews

Matthew Leyland, Life before Luke, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 12, 2004 pp. 76 (DVD review)


Year: 1971
Country: United States
Language: English
 
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