Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB (1967) on Netflix
In an underground city, people are known by numbers and cameras watch every move. THX 1138 4EB, an eros body, is spotted running through a corridor and refuses a command to stop.
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Plot summary
On May 14, 2187, an underground city operates as a highly administered technological society. People are identified by numbers instead of names, and computerized cameras scrutinize their movements. The society's leader is numbered 0000. THX 1138 4EB is an eros body, a sexually conceived individual, and the mate of YYO 7117. When questioned, YYO 7117 denies love for their mate. Computer operators exchange radio messages when cameras spot THX 1138 4EB running through a corridor. He refuses a command to stop and rides a conveyance to the lower levels. Operators track him as he moves through the city's enclosed spaces.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB (1967)
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- No USC instructor wanted to teach the class for US Navy filmmakers, who often misbehaved, but the Navy paid for unlimited color film and lab processing, so George Lucas offered to teach it and got to make his short film.
- In January 1968 the film won first prize for Dramatic films at the third National Student Film Festival at Lincoln Center, where it was seen and admired by Steven Spielberg, who had not previously met George Lucas.
- Lucas finished the short in 12 weeks, cutting it on a Moviola at the home of Verna Fields while he spent his days editing United States Information Agency films under her supervision.
- The Navy men served as the film's crew, and the Navy connection won Lucas access to locations otherwise unavailable to him: the USC computer center, a UCLA parking lot, Los Angeles International Airport and Van Nuys Airport.
