Alphaville
Title:
Alphaville
Author:
Darke, Chris.
ISBN:
9781423744375
9780857710314
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Publication Information:
London : I.B. Tauris, 2005.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 v.)
Series:
French film guide
French film guide.
Contents:
Acknowledgements; Synopsis; Introduction; Notes; 1. Godarville; 2. The shape of things; 3. Alphaville: the afterlife; Appendix 1: Sequence breakdown; Appendix 2: Credits; Appendix 3: Filmography; Appendix 4: Select bibliography.
Abstract:
A striking black-and-white hybrid of film noir and science fiction, "Alphaville" (1965) is now one of the most enduringly popular of Jean-Luc Godard 's films of the 1960s. Working without sets, special effects, or even a script, Godard created a dystopian vision of a technocratic city of the future, which resonates with filmmakers today. "Alphaville" pits secret agent Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) against Alpha 60, the super-computer that presides over a city where weeping is outlawed, poetry goes unrecognised and the words 'conscience' and 'love' have ceased to exist.
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