1965 · sci-fi · noir
Alphaville
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard1h 39m1965
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.”
Our read: Alphaville (1965) reads as a sombre, steady, surreal sci-fi · noir entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured sci-fi / noir, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
- signature
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“You want brainy French New Wave noir where poetry fights a computer god.”
Skip it tonight — Subtitled Godard density sounds like homework, not escapism.
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