Episode 336: THX-1138 (1971)

Special Guests: Brian Jay Jones, Matthew Robbins, Maggie McOmie, Bruce Chesse, Sid Haig
Guest Co-Hosts: Jay Bauman, Chris Bricklemyer

The first feature film from director George Lucas, THX-1138 (1971) features a world in which love is outlawed and mind-altering drugs are mandatory. The film stars Robert Duvall as the titular THX-1138 and Maggie McOmie as LUH-3417 as roommates who eventually develop into something much more despite the totalitarian regime in which they live.

Co-written by Walter Murch, the film ponders materialism, religion, and love.

Chris Bricklemyer (Outside the Cinema, Are You Serious?) and Jay Bauman (Red Letter Media) join Mike to discuss Lucas's freshman film, how its themes would echo in his other work, and how he revised it in the 2004 "director's cut."

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Promos:
The Kolchak Tapes
Popcorn Poops
After Movie Diner
Proudly Resents

Interviews:
Brian Jay Jones, author of George Lucas: A Life: 1:00:00
Music: "GVDT" - Front 242

Matthew Robbins, co-writer of Electronic Labyrinth: THX-1138 4EB: 1:53:00
Music: "First Escape" - Lalo Schifrin

Maggie McOmie, actress (LUH-3417): 2:19:00
Music: "I Need Something Stronger" - Unkle

Bruce Chesse, actor (Trial Pontifex): 2:33:00
Music: "Mr. Self-Destruct" - Nine Inch Nails

Sid Haig, actor (NCH): 2:46:00
Music: "Be Happy Again (Jingle Of The Future)" - Lalo Schifrin

Discussion 2: 3:16:00
Trailer: Intacto: 3:43:00

Outro Music:
"Crucify Me" - Moev
"Police State" - T-Power

Links:
Download the original version of THX-1138
Buy THX-1138 (Director's Cut) on Blu-Ray
Watch Electonic Labrynth: THX 1138 4EB
Read about the differences between the original and director's cut of THX-1138
Read You Have Nothing to Fear: Sound Montage and Alienation in THX-1138 from Gibson Notes
Read the THX-1138 script
Read The Talented Mr. Murch by Paula Parisi
Read On THX-1138 and George Lucas's Obsession with Erasing His Past by Supreme Being
Read John Kenneth Muir's review of THX-1138
Buy The Original Movie Game - Blockbuster Edition
Listen to the Sugar Hill episode
Listen to the Logan's Run episode
Listen to the Apocalypse Now episode
Listen to the Star Wars episode

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Guest Spot: Pit Stop (1969)

Mike joins Jon Cross at the After Movie Diner to discuss Jack Hill's often overlooked black 'n' white film about existential angst, succeeding at any cost, and Figure-8 racing, Pit Stop (1969)

Recently released by Arrow on a glorious, cleaned up blu-ray the film stars Brian Donlevy, the enigmatic Richard Davalos, Ellen Burstyn , Hill favorite Sid Haig and is an absolute treat for lovers of great cinematography, awesome soundtracks and crashing cars.

Mike and Jon Cross discuss the film, Jack Hill's career, politics, podcasting, Mike's beef with Quentin Tarantino, the story of cinema, and much, much more!

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Special Report: Mimesis

Special Guests: Douglas Schulze & Sid Haig

Why watch a horror film when you can live one? That's the question posed in Doug Schulze's Mimesis, an homage to George Romero's Night of the Living Dead, and a Michigan-made movie.

Links:
Order Mimesis on DVD
Visit the official Mimesis Facebook page
Visit Sid Haig's official website
Watch Doug Schultz's Dark Fields on Netflix Instant
Visit the Motion Picture Institute website

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Bonus Interview with Sid Haig

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