Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (Jerry Hollombe) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: re: Best SF Film Message-ID: <256@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 16:45:14 EST Article-I.D.: ttidcc.256 Posted: Wed Feb 27 16:45:14 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 06:30:39 EST Organization: TTI, Santa Monica, CA. Lines: 33 >From: @RUTGERS.ARPA:jlong@bbnccm.arpa >Subject: Best SF <[DFilm >Message-ID: <798@topaz.ARPA> > >From: Julian R. Long> >On the subject of Best SF film . Has any one seen a film called >UBX 11.. i can't remember the whole title . It is a futureistic >society type film (1984 ish) this guy is getting all sorts from >them in charge , funny seens with his wife/lover? . Oh yes , the >police are robots , everyone is bald , i think they have to >take some drug ? now it's starting to sound like brave new world . Sounds like you're talking about Geroge Lucas's THX1138. I expect there will shortly be 50 more postings to that effect. > Also what about some of the REAL clasics like METROPOLIS . >A must for anyone who wants to be a real s-f fan , black&white >very old and , of course , silent . And on that subject, how many people are aware that _Metropolis_ wasn't written by Fritz Lang? One of my pet peeves is everyone referring to it as "Fritz Lang's _Metropolis_" when the original novel was actually written by Thea von Harbou. -- ============================================================================== The Polymath (Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp TTI If thy CRT offend thee, pluck 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. it out and cast it from thee. Santa Monica, California 90405 (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {vortex,philabs}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe