OFF: THX-1138/Laibach trivia

Paul Mather paul at CSGRAD.CS.VT.EDU
Mon Apr 1 16:21:07 EST 1996


On Fri, 29 Mar 1996, Andrew A. Apold wrote:

> >        I think PXR5 was the title of a sci-fi movie that George Lucas made in
> >film school.  A lot stranger than his Star Wars movies, if I remember
> >correctly.
>
> No, that was THX-1138.  He later refilmed the same movie for commercial
> release, and is mainly useful as part of the trivia question 'what are the
> only three movies George Lucas ever directed?'.  Also, the "THX" is part of
> the name of a sound system he later developed.

Some samples from THX-1138 (e.g., the video confession booth sequence)
appear on the Laibach album _Kapital_.

Cheers,

Paul.

e-mail: paul at csgrad.cs.vt.edu                    A stranger in a strange land.

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