{"id":10304,"date":"2013-03-14T22:20:15","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T02:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/?p=10304"},"modified":"2013-03-14T22:48:04","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T02:48:04","slug":"thx1138-flees-the-chrome-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aforgrave.ca\/detritus\/2013\/03\/14\/thx1138-flees-the-chrome-faces\/","title":{"rendered":"THX1138 Flees the Chrome-Faces"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve taken a little break from yesterday’s GIF<\/a> (it’s a little bit busy here) but thought I’d take a few minutes to work on this little pursuit<\/em> GIF from the same film, a scene where THX1138 (played by Robert Duvall) flees the motor-bike riding Chrome Faced Officers — THX 1138 has a fancy car that goes real fast. <\/p>\n

\""THX1138<\/a>

“THX1138 Flees the Chrome-Faces” animated GIF by aforgrave<\/p><\/div>\n

If you’ve not seen George Lucas’ debut feature film from 1971, you should. THX1138<\/strong> (wikipedia entry<\/a>, official website entry<\/a>) is visually and aurally spectacular — right up there with Kubrick’s 2001 in terms of visuals, ground-breaking effects, and surreal commentary on society. Were it not for the incredible influence, pop-culture impact, and groundbreaking technical effects that Lucas’ Star Wars movies have had in the years since, one might ask “what the heck happened to Lucas after he made THX1138 — and why did he devote so much of his subsequent career to making popcorn-fodder? (I say that having truly enjoyed the Star Wars films — but in terms of ideas — they’re not in the same league as THX1138.) A little research just now informs me that the film version that I have seen (released for home video, the Director’s Cut) was updated in 2004 to add some new effects — so a little bit is newer than the 1971 original — but all told adding only an extra 2 minutes to the film’s running time. <\/p>\n

I’ll return to GIF more of this film another day — but for now, enjoy this great chase scene. Are they gaining yet?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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