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Alphaville (1965)

 
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ralfy
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2019 6:49 am    Post subject: Alphaville (1965) Reply with quote


French New Wave + science fiction + film noir.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphaville_(film)

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Lemmy Caution is a secret agent with the code number of 003 from "the Outlands". Entering Alphaville in his Ford Mustang, called a Ford Galaxie, he poses as a journalist named Ivan Johnson and claims to work for the Figaro-Pravda. He wears a tan overcoat that stores various items such as an M1911A1 Colt Commander semi-automatic pistol. He carries a cheap Agfa Rapid 35 camera (new in 1965) with him and photographs everything he sees, particularly the things that would ordinarily be unimportant to a journalist.

Caution is, in fact, on a series of missions. First, he searches for the missing agent Henri Dickson (Akim Tamiroff); second, he is to capture or kill the creator of Alphaville, Professor von Braun (Howard Vernon); lastly, he aims to destroy Alphaville and its dictatorial computer, Alpha 60. Alpha 60 is a sentient computer system created by von Braun, which is in complete control of all of Alphaville.


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For those who have seen the movie:

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Finally, one review from the Criterion website.
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Bud Brewster
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 6:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Hey, I've never heard of this one! IMDB has some interesting things to say about it in the trivia section.

~ Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.

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scotpens
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2023 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Alphaville attempted to create a futuristic mood and atmosphere without any of the usual sci-fi trappings (futuristic sets, costumes, props, and furnishings). It was filmed entirely in ordinary streets and buildings. The voice of the Alpha-60 computer was provided by a man who'd had a laryngectomy, using esophageal or "burp" speech.

Frankly, I've never been a fan of Jean-Luc Godard's movies. I find most of them to be boring, pretentious tedium. The one Godard film I even halfway like is Breathless (1960), and that's only because Jean Seberg was so cute.
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