*speaking with throat cancer voice box*What is love?Baby, don't hurt meDon't hurt meNo more
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Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Alphaville
Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution
An acclaimed, slow-burn drama.
Drama
Science Fiction
Mystery
1965
1h 39m
Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”
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Let's play Godard bingo, y'all!a man narrating about deep philosophical thingspeople smoking in carsa man hitting a womanrepetitive sudden dramatic musica male protagonist who is demure and never laughsa fedora and trenchcoata quote for the entire film (I shall fight so that failure is possible)a man lecturing a woman on very important things (tm)a bird's eye point of view of walking around traffica naked or near naked womana discussion about sadness or suicidea mysterious woman a man wantsFREE SPACE (aka someone speaking French)two men philosophising about the state of thingssudden choppy editing to a random imagemen fighting each othera discussion about deathour male protagonist running awaybeing bored out of your mind 30 minutes insomeone taking a photopeople sharing and reading a bookcharacter staring directly into the camera and talkinga woman insulting the male protagonistallusions to political historycrying because the film hasn't ended yet
Poetic dialogue. Trench coats and dark rooms. This is Godard's noir. The guy makes cool films without breaking a sweat, creates characters as cool as him in the blink of an eye. There is no cool like Godard cool. It's in his blood. He oozes 350 coolness per second. Ask him how did he make it and he would probably blow cigarette smoke to your face.Alphaville is a film set in a dystopian future where emotions are outlawed. Fortunately for Mr. Caution, coolness isn't outlawed. If it was then it still wouldn't matter because he's cool like that. Surprisingly for an outlander like Caution, he showed less emotion than the citizens of Alphaville. He's never angry. He never cried. He never smiled, because smiling shows that you care. And caring is not cool. "I'm too old to argue, so I shoot." said Caution. And in that moment, I found myself a new role model. You know what happens to nosy fellows?
Common questions
What is Alphaville about?+
A private eye travels to a distant, dystopian city where emotions are banned, aiming to rescue a scientist's daughter from a ruling supercomputer.
Who directed Alphaville?+
Jean-Luc Godard directed the 1965 French New Wave classic, a pivotal figure in the cinematic movement.
Has Alphaville won any awards?+
The film won the Golden Bear at the 15th Berlin International Film Festival.
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