Alphaville

Jake Cole4.0

*speaking with throat cancer voice box*What is love?Baby, don't hurt meDon't hurt meNo more

𝙰𝚗𝚗𝚊1.5

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

YI JIAN3.5

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?