Alphaville (1965)

Alphaville (1965)
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In Alphaville, Jean-Luc Godard fuses a hardboiled detective story with science fiction. Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine), a hero Godard borrowed from a series of French adventure films, comes to Alphaville, the capital of a totalitarian state, in order to destroy its leader, an almost-human computer called Alpha 60. While on his mission, Lemmy meets and falls in love with Natacha (Anna Karina), the daughter of the scientist who designed Alpha 60. Their love becomes the most profound challenge to the computer's control. Void of any flashy special effects, Alphaville uses 1960s Paris to depict the city of the future. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

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Starring:
Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, (more)
Director(s):
Jean-Luc Godard
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Synopsis of Alphaville

In Alphaville, Jean-Luc Godard fuses a hardboiled detective story with science fiction. Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine), a hero Godard borrowed from a series of French adventure films, comes to Alphaville, the capital of a totalitarian state, in order to destroy its leader, an almost-human computer called Alpha 60. While on his mission, Lemmy meets and falls in love with Natacha (Anna Karina), the daughter of the scientist who designed Alpha 60. Their love becomes the most profound challenge to the computer's control. Void of any flashy special effects, Alphaville uses 1960s Paris to depict the city of the future. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
99 mins

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Director(s):
Jean-Luc Godard
Writer(s):
Jean-Luc Godard
Producer(s):
Andre Michelin
Categories:
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Alphaville Awards:
  • 1965 - Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear
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    Benjamin F.

    I have never written a review for this site. The absolute horridness of watching this movie has forced me too. I really like Breathless, and I love film noir. This came recommended. Don't. waste. your time. Here's my plot synopsis. Guy, smoking a cigarette, walks around a "futuristic Paris" that somehow looks as if time stopped in 1964. He takes pictures. He is often joined by a pretty French woman. They meander around, with the vaguest of plots to lead them. Cut to blinking lights and a "computer voice" for 15 seconds. Repeat 15-20 times and you have Alphaville. If this sounds like fun, by all means, but it might be more fun to stare blankly at a wall.

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    J M.

    Poorly done, poorly edited, poorly written. Bad acting. Not funny. You keep hoping that it will get better but it doesn't. After watching it you will ask yourself, "Why did I waste my time like that?"

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    JC J.

    Obviously over-the-top nod to American film noir, Godard creates a model for future dystopian films: Blade Runner = replicants, outsider 40's-style detective/hero, constantly rainy weather, and, yes, the hero runs off with the "girl" at the end and makes a break for a life "outside"; 2001 A Space Odyssey = talking computer that master-minds the totality of human experience; 12 Monkeys = scientists and computer work to second-guess all human actions, giant computer "eye" interrogates hero; Logan's Run and Soylent Green = people are encouraged to die before they grow old and are given a "beautiful-feeling" exit; and Woody Allen's comedy Sleeper borrows so much from this film it would be hard to list it all here. Anyhow, this is an excellent film for the film- and historically-minded viewer - however, if you want sci-fi, you should look elsewhere - this one is simply the drawing board for an entire genre and not the full-color spectacle that Hollywood would make of the future.

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