THX_1138 Original Pilot Scene 1967 (George Lucas)

Originally titled 'Electronic Labyrinth', this short film made in 1967 was the depiction behind the later George Lucas SF classic, THX 1138 from 1971.

An important piece of cinematic film history in the genre of dystopian science fiction. It came out around the same time as Solyent Green (1973) and although they share many similarities, those similarities do seem to predict what we're seeing today. The differences are mostly cinematic plus the storylines, but unlike most of today's SF Hollywood polyfiller which lacks imagination and relies heavily on CGI and past worn-out regurgitated comic Marvel/DC paraphernalia turned franchises etc..
That earlier period of cinema produced much higher quality films without the need for multi-layers of technical wizardry but which more people seem to miss and relate to today.
It's also been compared to Stanley Kubrik's, 'A Clockwork Orange' - another classic social dystiopian film released in 1972 and 'Planet of the Apes' released even earlier in 1968, but that too unfortunately fell victim to the curse of the Hollywood franchise syndrome. Even when we fast forward ~1977 - Capricorn One, Coma, Star Wars, Moonraker and Close Encounters of the Third Kind all carry that theme of how an Evil Empire or the Deep State manipulates, deceives, oppresses and controls humanity...

George Lucas said in one interview that it was a reflection of oppression and the feeling people generally had around the time of the Vietnam War and the string of assassinations from JFK, RFK, MLK to Malcolm X...and that feeling was to amplify even further just around the corner.