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originalpckelly

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Tue Jan-22-08 08:58 PM
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21-87 = 1138

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originalpckelly

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Tue Jan-22-08 09:04 PM
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1. Aw, no one gets it.

Terribly sorry for the oblique reference.

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CGowen

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Tue Jan-22-08 09:17 PM
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2. I only know that THX 1138 was the telephone number of George Lucas

http://www.filmfreakcentral.net/dvdreviews/thx1138.htm

The lacklustre "Artifact from the Future: The Making of THX 1138 " (31 mins.) reiterates Lucas' statement that his feature debut is a documentary from the future, alternating clips from the film with talking-heads of Lucas, Murch, and various unspecified members of the creative team. I kept waiting to hear that Lucas named his student project after his telephone number at school, but alas it remains an apocryphal artifact. More disquieting an omission is any reference to the tampering that Lucas has inflicted upon the film for "The George Lucas Director's Cut"--killing the hope, neatly, that we'll ever get to see the theatrical version again. The centerpiece of Disc Two, however, is Lucas' original student film THX 1138: My Telephone Number on Campus--just kidding, Electronic Labyrinth: THX-113 4EB (15 mins.). Oddly enough, it's barely distinguishable from the experimental garbage that is Godard's current output. Think of Electronic Labyrinth as Strindberg to the feature's Samuel Beckett: overwrought, undercooked Bergman. Not without interest, it's a wonderful bit of history that, to my eye, hasn't been augmented with CGI simians. Yet.

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RetroLounge

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Tue Jan-22-08 09:30 PM
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4. Trivia

In the movie Swingers (1996) the license plate on Jon Favreau's car reads THX 138. The license plate is identical to the one on John Milner's '32 Ford deuce coupe in American Graffiti. The license plate in Graffiti is an homage to George Lucas' first feature film, THX 1138, while the same license plate in Swingers is tribute to American Graffiti.

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randymaine

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Tue Jan-22-08 09:28 PM
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3. kicked and recommended n/t

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CGowen

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Tue Jan-22-08 09:37 PM
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5. So I watched 21-87 and I don't get it

http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/films/film.php?sort=director&director=Lipsett%2C+Arthur&id=10840

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originalpckelly

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Tue Jan-22-08 09:40 PM
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6. George Lucas + THX 1138 = Arthur Lipsett + 21-87

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Tue Jan-22-08 09:42 PM
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7. Wait for it.

Edited on Tue Jan-22-08 09:42 PM by Peake

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