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Alphaville

Jean-Luc Godard

France

1965

99 minutes

Black and White

1.33:1

French

25

Synopsis

A cockeyed fusion of science fiction, pulp characters, and surrealist poetry, Godard’s irreverent journey to the mysterious Alphaville remains one of the least conventional films of all time. Eddie Constantine stars as intergalactic hero Lemmy Caution, on a mission to kill the inventor of fascist computer Alpha 60.

Cast

Lemmy CautionEddie Constantine
Natasha VonbraunAnna Karina
Henry DicksonAkim Tamiroff
Professor VonbraunHoward Vernon

Credits

DirectorJean-Luc Godard
ScreenplayJean-Luc Godard
ProducerAndré Michelin
CinematographyRaoul Coutard
MusicPaul Misraki
EditingAgnès Guillemot

From the Current

Alphaville

by Andrew Sarris Oct 19, 1998

When Jean-Luc Godard’s Alphaville opened the 1965 New York Film Festival, the American Civil Liberties Union Benefit audience seemed genuinely baffled by the abrupt shifts in tone: from satirically tongue-in-cheek futurism, to a parody of private-eye mannerisms, to a wildly romantic allegory...

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