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Alphaville

Alphaville

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Key Information
Directors: Jean-Luc Godard
Stars: Anna Karina
Actors: Howard Vernon
Genre: Foreign Films
Subgenre: Cult Film · Drama · French · Science Fiction · Science-Fiction
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Available Formats: VHS
UPC: 037429130926
Release Date: 1965
Running Time: 1hr 40min
Languages
Release Language: English (Subtitled)
Original Language: French
DVD Editions
: Format: DVD: Criterion Collection, 1hr 40min
Release Company: Criterion Collection (September 29, 1998)
UPC: 037429130926
VHS Editions
: Format: VHS, 1hr 40min
Credits
Screenwriter: Jean-Luc Godard
Quotes from the Movie
: "All things weird are normal in this whore of cities."--Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine)
More Information
Details: With 1965's ALPHAVILLE--part sci-fi action film, part noir thriller--the acclaimed French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard achieves a stunningly clinical futurism using absolutely no special visual effects. The result is a moving, original film that, with its abstract, political, and intellectual themes, essentially redefines the apocalyptic science fiction genre. ALPHAVILLE, clearly the product of one of cinema's greatest contributors, is nothing less than a bona fide cult classic. <br> <br> A bizarre space-chase across a glass and metal landscape of futuristic Paris--here called Alphaville--is the movie's premise. Creating a dystopian "tomorrow" characterized by alienation and cold corporate comforts, Godard slyly suggests that the future is now. Secret agent man Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) travels across the expanses of intergalactic space and time to uncover the fate of his missing predecessor. Working under the alias of Ivan Johnson, Caution is accompanied in his quest by the lovely Natasha ...
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