… I wanted to do something that was abstract. … I’m more drawn to Flash Gordon. I wanted to do something extremely visual that had no dialogue and no character and that sort of thing – a cross between a theatrical and a nontheatrical kind of experience. “Francis is really the arty director," Lucas said in the 2004 documentary A Legacy of Filmmakers. "He’s the one who likes psychological motivations.
And it's all presented in a style that’s easily recognizable for its early Star Wars production values. After a dramatic car chase, the authorities declare the budget for his pursuit has been exceeded, and he’s left to climb out of the underground city and stand in the sunshine for the first time ever.
The pregnant LUH is recycled, while a hologram that comes to life helps THX escape from prison. The insidious SEN 5241 tries to take advantage of the situation, becoming a criminal himself, but they’re all caught by the heavy-handed robot cops that keep society in line. They develop feelings, fall in love and have sex - in the process making themselves criminals. THX’s female roommate, LUH 3417, sets things in motion by replacing their drugs with placebos. There was just enough of a plot to suffice, although the film's roots in ’60s counterculture, laced with a vaguely Biblical Adam-and-Eve narrative meant there was plenty to ruminate over if you wanted to. “I didn’t want to alter things for the convenience of drama,” he agreed in an archive article collected in Sally Kline’s book George Lucas: Interviews in 1999. The first of those was Lucas’ new version of THX 1138, extended to a full-length production.Įven that early in his career, Lucas was accused of not wanting to let an intriguing story get in the way of a visually impressive movie. In a vacuum left by old masters – behind the camera and behind the desks – who had died, Coppola created his American Zoetrope company and persuaded Warner Bros. Its success led to a connection with Coppola, who was ready to take advantage of the movie industry's imminent collapse.
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