@RedneckSpaceman i was 6 years old...I've always felt out of place when I was a child and as an adult realized that my mental maturity was 5 years beyond my age.
The message of the final scene is that he had become fully Meta-conscious and whether he could survive or not at the surface is irrelevant. He became what he always should of been which is a self aware, free agent in the world.
This film is so important if you are someone that tries to be self aware. For me this movie is very depressing then when THX 1138 makes it to surface I always feel so happy and relieved for him.
CharlesFBronson during the credits, you see a bird fly, which tells us it’s possible for him to live above ground. It will take some time for him to adjust, but he could survive. If he’s determined to escape the underground city, I’m sure he’s determined to survive above ground.
In vain you rejoice for the hero, but the film depresses you for a reason, but because he runs only from his own fears, in the city there is REALLY IS AFRAID of some fear, the robots are harmless, the doors are all open, there are no weapons, the cars are ownerless, as a measure of restrictions they are only warnings, and who can stop him from returning and making a coup inside the shell?
At the end, when THX makes it to the surface, you can see that George Lucas was really inspired by this visual and reused it for that famous twin-sun scene in Episode 4. Also, a fun fact is that the silhouetted THX in this scene is not Robert Duvall but rather Matthew Robbins (director of Corvette Summer, Dragonslayer, The Legend of Billie Jean and *batteries not included).
In the book he looks down on the landscape below him and sees a family eating at a picnic type setting and he walks down to them abd they invite him to eat good with them. That would have been a great ending but I like this one
Will Grello for some reason I can imagine a redhead woman inviting him to eat sandwiches with him and she asks him his name and he replies by saying thx and than credits that would have been a better ending in my opinion
At the end of the paperback novel I have (by Ben Bova) book he narrowly escapes being eaten by mutant "shelldwellers", climbs rungs attatched to a concrete wall, and forces all his weight against a sewer grate at the top. That's where THX 1138's story ends.
I can easily unsee it. the body-motions are cleverly choreographed to suggest weight. It reminds me of that Monty Python street-climbing skit where the contest is to 'hike' 'up' the sidewalks. It's hilarious how something so obviously everyday horizontal gets you thinking somewhere in the back of your mind "hang on!" You can almost picture them 'falling' if they make a bad move.
this is not a false hope, this is true for the attentive, the earth is suitable for life and live on it but people underground do not know this, they live in fear afraid of breaking free, slaves of illusions
@@philipjoseph5099 The director ( George Lucas ) keep it, meaning he agree with the notion that earth still habitable, heck, the book even say the same thing ( it was adapted from novel )
I've often wondered what the conditions were that created the world of _THX-1138_ . War? Pandemic? A gradual societal shift? The "society" seems to combine both ends of authoritarian socialism and capitalism (consumption and entertainment are mandatory, but all rights to the self are suborned to the state), so the presentation seems to belie the old "Well... *they* finally took us over!" trope. Anyway it's a fascinating movie and in another universe would probably have launched Lucas' career as an auteur.
You either have a king or dictator with full unquestioned authority or secret partisans as the form of governance. Secret partisans are going to play on both sides of the field while constantly reminding that they are not controlling it all.
The movie doesn't explain what happened. That's one of the reasons why I love it. All we know is that it did. We can all guess and formulate opinions but we will never know unless Lucas explains it.
It's complete predictive programming. Society completely regulated, people turned into asexual serfs who are bred to work through artificial gestation. That's coming. And they'll use the excuses they've prepared people to believe, that "Man" is destroying the planet.
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It predicts accurately current situation where things have been deliberately set so that individual can not know who is calling the shots. The ruling body hovers constantly over everything and the rulees can not quite figure it out. It is called NWO - where the authority is ever present and omnipotent but invisible and unfathomable to common citizen.
I think it is a future where the advancement of technology has led humanity into somekind of existential paradox. Where the Robots/Androids are security to the humans, who work and act as the cogs in the wheel, working the machines and at the computers, to run the overall infrastructure of their world. The paradox is the humans have become so conditioned to the cyclical process, that they have lost the awareness to actually "Live" and enjoy themselves. Even when they go "shopping", they've become conditioned to just go out, walk into a type of "Amazon Go" - Automated, Cashierless Store, pick up some random item that actually serves no real use to them; go home and just immediately put it away. Practically everything is done for them by technology. They're not even allowed to elope, even sexual pleasure is provided form them "automated", by sexual stimulation devices. Reality Tv is provided. "Religion" itself has also been combined and merged with this whole cyclical process they live it. Constantly drummed into them through robotic conditioning. A true existential paradox, where the humans "maintain" the very technology that controls them. Pharmaceutical drugs also keep the humans "dumbed down" and mind controlled. Individuality has also been suppressed, where men and women all look and dress the same. THX-1138 breaks from of all of this in the end, it's just a shame he was not able to rescue and bring LUH with him too. This Film is criminally underrated and ignored by "mainstream audiences" today because it's too deep for them to understand. If we carry on down the path we're headed now, today what with over excess of consumerism, capitalism and materialism, political correctness, the building up of a Cashless Society, the idolization and obsessiveness of Reality TV and "Celebrity Culture"; which is breeding Narcissism and Self Entitlement in Western Society. IF we don't change our ways and strive to be more Spiritual in ourselves we could well end up with a not too distant Future such as this.
Many call the ending of this Film An "Anticlimax"... well... Back then , nto the 80's, 90's,etc, etc... So, What do you think Now? Are you worth the effort for me to explain it?
What is it about? I dont like that kind of movies that you dont see an ending. Was it good or bad that he escaped? The whole plot is to see whats outside and you only see rising or setting sun.
I'd love to watch this movie with a beautiful woman.Light some candles, grab a bag of popcorn and snuggle up and cuddle under the soft glow of ambiance ❤
Movie is really boring (slow paced, white depressing environment, etc) but if you take the best scenes and make this 3 min clips it looks like a great film
When I first saw this, when I was a child, I thought, the man has finally awakened and was reborn to his true self.
what an amazing experience to have as a child...
What was your age at the time!! I first saw this on TV in 1972!! I was 14. Freaked me out!!
Those Silver-Faced Android Cops were 2 much.
@RedneckSpaceman i was 6 years old...I've always felt out of place when I was a child and as an adult realized that my mental maturity was 5 years beyond my age.
The message of the final scene is that he had become fully Meta-conscious and whether he could survive or not at the surface is irrelevant. He became what he always should of been which is a self aware, free agent in the world.
I will add some Baudrillard tier take. He left the safety of the "matrix" but now he is in the desert of the real.
Oh ! And also the allegory of the cave ofc
This film is so important if you are someone that tries to be self aware. For me this movie is very depressing then when THX 1138 makes it to surface I always feel so happy and relieved for him.
Only to die in cold night without the food, shelter… Happy ending :)
@@CliffuckingBooth i wanted to argue with you at first but, it really is a happy ending. he reached the surface. he saw what was/is.
CharlesFBronson during the credits, you see a bird fly, which tells us it’s possible for him to live above ground. It will take some time for him to adjust, but he could survive. If he’s determined to escape the underground city, I’m sure he’s determined to survive above ground.
too bad he starves to death.
In vain you rejoice for the hero, but the film depresses you for a reason, but because he runs only from his own fears, in the city there is REALLY IS AFRAID of some fear, the robots are harmless, the doors are all open, there are no weapons, the cars are ownerless, as a measure of restrictions they are only warnings, and who can stop him from returning and making a coup inside the shell?
At the end, when THX makes it to the surface, you can see that George Lucas was really inspired by this visual and reused it for that famous twin-sun scene in Episode 4. Also, a fun fact is that the silhouetted THX in this scene is not Robert Duvall but rather Matthew Robbins (director of Corvette Summer, Dragonslayer, The Legend of Billie Jean and *batteries not included).
Why didn’t Duvall get used?
@@Tigerman1138 Probably filming Godfather around that period or something
And Daft Punk GET LUCKY
@@brianconner3222 I had to look it up, but yeah, you're right. That too.
the best scenes in the history of cinema, masterpiece!!!!!!
In the book he looks down on the landscape below him and sees a family eating at a picnic type setting and he walks down to them abd they invite him to eat good with them. That would have been a great ending but I like this one
Will Grello for some reason I can imagine a redhead woman inviting him to eat sandwiches with him and she asks him his name and he replies by saying thx and than credits that would have been a better ending in my opinion
@@ryanavery8174 I think he should have gone to McDonald's and ordered some McNuggets.
Paul Tatara lol actually you just gave me an idea today
what book?
At the end of the paperback novel I have (by Ben Bova) book he narrowly escapes being eaten by mutant "shelldwellers", climbs rungs attatched to a concrete wall, and forces all his weight against a sewer grate at the top. That's where THX 1138's story ends.
He emerged on Tatooine
Once you learn he's actually crawling on the ground, you can't unsee it.
And, that this is the under construction BART Transbay Tunnel in San Francisco. It opened not long after the film was completed.
I can easily unsee it. the body-motions are cleverly choreographed to suggest weight.
It reminds me of that Monty Python street-climbing skit where the contest is to 'hike' 'up' the sidewalks. It's hilarious how something so obviously everyday horizontal gets you thinking somewhere in the back of your mind "hang on!" You can almost picture them 'falling' if they make a bad move.
It’s brilliant forced perspective
Like Batman and robin tv series….walking “up” buildings…..
I didn't even know that for sure and it was what I was thinking.
I wish it were actually that sunny emerging from a BART tunnel.
Beautiful scene, set the stage for the binary sunset sequence in Star Wars. George Lucas had one hell of a mind for film!
he still has one hell of a mind for film
A movie by someone with a unique vision...
Lucas' Masterpiece
Bobby Duvall - The best around
The fact that he's crawling on the ground of a then unfinished train tunnel is insane LMAO
The magic of redddio. Oh. the majik of mooobies.
Imagine seeing a small burning hole in the sky for the first time and creatures that swoop through the air. He must have been terrified.
Such an amazing movie even in 2020
At 1:47, there's the LucasArts logo.
is their a thx 1138 game?
Sadly I dont think so
@ I was answering to Captain Alvarenge and no there is no THX 1138 game.
No, it's the "GET LUCKY" scene!
Song at the end is ihr Töchter from St Matthew Passion BWV 244
THX 1138 A Concept that led to the creation of one of the most respectable sci-fi movie of all time [The Star Wars]
+Apolosa Cakau yet I find this movie at hand more compelling and fascinating on every conceivable level.
american graffiti is another George Lucas movie, have u seen that one?
nothing to do with Star Wars.
See, Kurosawa's "Hidden Fortress" if you want to see more inspiration for Star Wars.
@@mwborrero exactly , and far better.
They Terminated the Thx1138 capture mission because it was over budget. Reminds me of something.
There is a bird flew over in the next scene, it's mean hope
Sergeant Veda Ra and that was actuslly a mistake. The bird wasnt planned
this is not a false hope, this is true for the attentive, the earth is suitable for life and live on it but people underground do not know this, they live in fear afraid of breaking free, slaves of illusions
Did you know this bird actually came by accident ?
@@vinzelrato The director ( George Lucas ) keep it, meaning he agree with the notion that earth still habitable, heck, even book says the same
@@philipjoseph5099 The director ( George Lucas ) keep it, meaning he agree with the notion that earth still habitable, heck, the book even say the same thing ( it was adapted from novel )
Exquisite.
I've often wondered what the conditions were that created the world of _THX-1138_ . War? Pandemic? A gradual societal shift? The "society" seems to combine both ends of authoritarian socialism and capitalism (consumption and entertainment are mandatory, but all rights to the self are suborned to the state), so the presentation seems to belie the old "Well... *they* finally took us over!" trope.
Anyway it's a fascinating movie and in another universe would probably have launched Lucas' career as an auteur.
thedungeondelver The conditions that created it?
The same conditions we have been going through. Let’s see where we’re at in 30 years
Well said game wizard!
You either have a king or dictator with full unquestioned authority or secret partisans as the form of governance. Secret partisans are going to play on both sides of the field while constantly reminding that they are not controlling it all.
The movie doesn't explain what happened. That's one of the reasons why I love it. All we know is that it did. We can all guess and formulate opinions but we will never know unless Lucas explains it.
It's complete predictive programming. Society completely regulated, people turned into asexual serfs who are bred to work through artificial gestation. That's coming. And they'll use the excuses they've prepared people to believe, that "Man" is destroying the planet.
I watch a man go from an underground maze to get through the police to of the shackles of the lie to the real world such a great movie
.........The Human Spirit Knows No Bounds !!!!!!!!!
And so Awakens the Hero. Link sets out on his non scripted journey through Hyrule.
The music towards the end almost sounds similar to the music at the end of CASINO!!
the actors are laying on their stomachs for the climb. The guy who comes out is caleb deschanel, zoey's dad.
Lying on their stomachs.
MANEIRO CARA OBRIGADA
Stupid OP, you ended it too soon, people need to see the bird fly by the sun...
1:53....BIRD
I wish the Lola t70 could fly sad that I couldn't
Johnny Sins escapes from Pornhub hq (2020
Man that valut was extra secure
Daft Punk - Get Lucky everybody.
The true movie Cyberpunk...
Now he calls in the Air Cav...
Was there a movie like this with James Caan in it with the same kind of ending
Rollerball.
Roller Ball!👍👌🇮🇹
Yep Rollerball classic.
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Semetoll-Imkerss Production Studios (Presentation)
American Zoetrope (production)
One would find profit in comparing this scene with Plato's allegory of the Cave in The Republic Book VII,line 514 and following.
can anyone name the song that plays as he enters the surface? i havent been able to find it, i just want to know the name of the song
Sources say it's from the St. Matthew Passion by Bach but I don't know which part of it. I have faith you will find out with some effort.
J.S. Bach ~ St Matthew Passion (BWV 244): Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen
It’s the first part of Bachs St Matthew Passion. Track number 1 on the cd
One thing I didn't understand about this movie is who was in charge? The humans or the robots?
Sprinkle Spangle Humans.
It predicts accurately current situation where things have been deliberately set so that individual can not know who is calling the shots. The ruling body hovers constantly over everything and the rulees can not quite figure it out. It is called NWO - where the authority is ever present and omnipotent but invisible and unfathomable to common citizen.
did somebody say human weren't in charge?
The I.R.S
I think it is a future where the advancement of technology has led humanity into somekind of existential paradox. Where the Robots/Androids are security to the humans, who work and act as the cogs in the wheel, working the machines and at the computers, to run the overall infrastructure of their world.
The paradox is the humans have become so conditioned to the cyclical process, that they have lost the awareness to actually "Live" and enjoy themselves. Even when they go "shopping", they've become conditioned to just go out, walk into a type of "Amazon Go" - Automated, Cashierless Store, pick up some random item that actually serves no real use to them; go home and just immediately put it away.
Practically everything is done for them by technology. They're not even allowed to elope, even sexual pleasure is provided form them "automated", by sexual stimulation devices. Reality Tv is provided. "Religion" itself has also been combined and merged with this whole cyclical process they live it. Constantly drummed into them through robotic conditioning.
A true existential paradox, where the humans "maintain" the very technology that controls them. Pharmaceutical drugs also keep the humans "dumbed down" and mind controlled. Individuality has also been suppressed, where men and women all look and dress the same.
THX-1138 breaks from of all of this in the end, it's just a shame he was not able to rescue and bring LUH with him too.
This Film is criminally underrated and ignored by "mainstream audiences" today because it's too deep for them to understand. If we carry on down the path we're headed now, today what with over excess of consumerism, capitalism and materialism, political correctness, the building up of a Cashless Society, the idolization and obsessiveness of Reality TV and "Celebrity Culture"; which is breeding Narcissism and Self Entitlement in Western Society.
IF we don't change our ways and strive to be more Spiritual in ourselves we could well end up with a not too distant Future such as this.
Prisoner transfer from cell block 1138
I can't see the birds :(
Where are they exactly?
1:53
@@popflicktionedits3256 i cant seem to find it, even with the timestamp
Pay attention closely to the sun
The bird flies right over THX’s head from the right going left
Like the legend of the Phoenix…
All ends with beginnings
We need a sequel where he goes back to get his daughter.
LUH was consumed and the baby she carried inside...
where are the free versions of this flick?
They don’t exist
It's important to buy this Film on Physical disc because one day it could end up banned.
Nobody going to mention there bird at the end and what it means?
0:50 - Does anyone know the name of the actress?
American Graffiti was based on THX 1138
Just Jim lmao what
make sense.
I'd say it was more of a follow up film
Fun fact gangstarr remake this for their video in 1998
Daft Punk
Many call the ending of this Film An "Anticlimax"... well... Back then , nto the 80's, 90's,etc, etc...
So, What do you think Now?
Are you worth the effort for me to explain it?
Nope! You cut it too soon.
What is it about? I dont like that kind of movies that you dont see an ending. Was it good or bad that he escaped?
The whole plot is to see whats outside and you only see rising or setting sun.
sounds like Imperial chatter?
""Subjecte"?
i saw that too. I thought it was an error.
BUMP
First Comment! Yay!
I'd love to watch this movie with a beautiful woman.Light some candles, grab a bag of popcorn and snuggle up and cuddle under the soft glow of ambiance ❤
oh yeah!
Why couldn't you enjoy it with an obese woman, with an ugly, bumpy face and smelly breath?
The beautiful woman would not be able to enjoy the film because she would fail to understand and comprehend it.
Movie is really boring (slow paced, white depressing environment, etc) but if you take the best scenes and make this 3 min clips it looks like a great film
i don't need to do that, it's already a great film.