Episode 336 · Film year 1971
THX-1138 (1971)
- Special Guests
- Brian Jay Jones, Matthew Robbins, Maggie McOmie, Bruce Chesse, Sid Haig
- Guest Co-Hosts
- Jay Bauman, Chris Bricklemyer
Show notes
Co-written by Walter Murch, the film ponders materialism, religion, and love.
Chris Bricklemyer (Outside the Cinema (opens in a new tab), Are You Serious? (opens in a new tab)) and Jay Bauman (Red Letter Media (opens in a new tab)) 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."
Labels: Brian Jay Jones Chris Bricklemyer Don Pedro Colley Donald Pleasence Francis Ford Coppola George Lucas Jay Bauman Lalo Schifrin Marshall Efron Matthew Robbins Robert Duvall Sid Haig Walter Murch
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Links & resources
- Download the original version of THX-1138 (opens in a new tab)
- Buy THX-1138 (Director's Cut) on Blu-ray (opens in a new tab)
- Watch Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB (opens in a new tab)
- Read about the differences between the original and director's cut of THX-1138 (opens in a new tab)
- Read You Have Nothing to Fear: Sound Montage and Alienation in THX-1138 from Gibson Notes (opens in a new tab)
- Read the THX-1138 script (opens in a new tab)
- Read The Talented Mr. Murch by Paula Parisi (opens in a new tab)
- Read On THX-1138 and George Lucas's Obsession with Erasing His Past by Supreme Being (opens in a new tab)
- Read John Kenneth Muir's review of THX-1138 (opens in a new tab)
- Buy The Original Movie Game - Blockbuster Edition (opens in a new tab)
- Listen to the Sugar Hill episode (opens in a new tab)
- Listen to the Logan's Run episode (opens in a new tab)
- Listen to the Apocalypse Now episode (opens in a new tab)
- Listen to the Star Wars episode (opens in a new tab)
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Comments (6)
Evit del blog Doppiaggi italioti I'm glad to see that my Italian Cut video is making the rounds. There's so many mysteries surrounding THX releases (and versions), even the Laserdisc one is not identical to the theatrical release. I own the original film on 35mm and a fan restoration project is currently in the works involving 4K film scanner to preserve the original version from disappearing forever. Very interesting podcast, I found it via Jay Bauman's twitter account.Mike White Thanks so much for doing what you do!
Anonymous Which other episodes has Susan Bauman been on?Mike White I'm not sure who "Susan" Bauman is but Jay Bauman's been on the Star Wars and Trancers episodes. You can get to them via the tag on the episode of his name. Just click that and you'll get https://projection-booth.blogspot.com/search/label/Jay%20Baumanask_monroville What is the difference between the Italian dvd and the US dvds and blu-rays? Also: the whole bit of calling Jay "Susan" has to do with a RLM joke on one of their youtube videos.Evit del blog Doppiaggi italioti DVDs and blu rays are identical worldwide. The different Italian cut comes from one of the two theatrical releases and was seen in the late 90s on tv. Here's the opening (recorded in 1998): https://youtu.be/65AGJDK9by0