THX1138 was clearly about a communistic (everyone is equal) fascist state. What made you think otherwise?
"THX1138 was clearly about a communistic (everyone is equal) fascist state. What made you think otherwise?"
Because Lucas has said it was his critique of consumerism. He was not making a cautionary tale about communism, or the dangers inherent in a system which does not respect the rights of the individual.
"THX1138 was clearly about a communistic (everyone is equal) fascist state. What made you think otherwise?"
Here's a concrete example:
http://www.rgj.com/news/printstory.php?id=80250
"Rather than a portrait of a grim tomorrow, Lucas intended 'THX 1138' as a future-is-now metaphor of ’60s complacency and mass consumption....
"'George Orwell was right. There’s no greater genius as far as I’m concerned in terms of understanding human nature,' Lucas said. 'I think that a lot of people just believe anything you tell them, and no matter what it is, they just go along with the program.
"'They’re perfectly happy to take their pill every day and do what they’re told, and work and buy things, and work and buy things, and stay out of any complex emotional situations. And whatever the authorities tell them to do, they do, and whatever the authorities say is the truth, they believe is the truth.'"