THX 1138
Taste attributes: dramamysteryscience fictionpsychologicaldetectiverobots/ai/spacethrillerslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatesurrealenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosionsocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leads
"Visit the future where love is the ultimate crime."
Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, original sci-fi film, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
Pace: slow · Originality: very fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: surreal · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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What lines up
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
- Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
- Linearity: Surreal / non-linear, where this profile leans linear / logical
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Synopsis
People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the first time he has feelings for a woman and they start a secret relationship.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 1971
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- American Zoetrope
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
