Alphaville
Alphaville, originally uploaded by Coilhouse.
made in 1965 by French New Wave pioneer Jean-Luc Godard, this futuristic film noir became an instant favorite for me.
Darkly satirical, set in an Orwellian alter-reality Paris and filled with collages of stark dystopian imagery throughout, it had me hooked at totalitarian robot-controlled city.
Filmed on Godard’s conservative budget, Alphaville makes its financial limitations known with bypassing flashy special effects in favor of brazen heavy-handed symbolism i have no choice but to adore.
Political oppression, brooding super-detective, eerie villains, style, an awkwardly disjointed romance and nods to a variety of classics – impossible to resist!
Sometimes reality is too complex for oral communication. But legend embodies it in a form which enables it to spread all over the world.
July 18th, 2009 at 7:03 am
Bible and dictionary aren’t the same thing? In Alphaville they are one and the same.
Sometimes I watch scanner darkly, alphaville and then blade runner in this order as if they are just one big documentary.