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THX 1138 depicts a subterranean society in the 25th century where every aspect of life is regulated by an all-powerful, nameless state.

: Expanded from Lucas's award-winning 1967 USC student short film, Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB . THX 1138

It is impossible to discuss THX 1138 without addressing the elephant in the room: the 2004 "Director’s Cut" controversy. When Lucasfilm released the DVD edition, Lucas used CGI to alter the original film. He added digital crowds, extended chase sequences, plastered the backgrounds with 1990s-style computer screens, and—most infamously—replaced the original minimalist police cars with clunky, three-wheeled vehicles that look like rejects from The Phantom Menace . THX 1138 depicts a subterranean society in the

There are no "Big Brother" posters in THX 1138 . Instead, there is a seamless, invisible network of cameras and microphones that everyone accepts. The citizens confess to their walls. They report their neighbors for "illegal emotion." Today, we call this Alexa, Siri, and Ring doorbells. THX never rages against the cameras; he simply tries to find a blind spot. So do we. When Lucasfilm released the DVD edition, Lucas used

: The film’s "White Room" prison—a boundless, featureless void—is one of its most iconic sequences, reflecting the loss of spatial orientation and individuality.

The film’s most memorable vocal performance. Pleasence plays a paranoid, religious inmate who believes he can bargain with the computer god (OMM). His monologue about seeing the "blue sky" as a child is the film’s only overt poetry.