Quick Review: Alphaville
Oct. 24th, 2011 09:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Summary: In French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 dystopian science fiction film, secret agent Lemmy Caution [1] is sent into the titular city in his space going Ford Galaxie to try and find its creator, Dr. Von Braun, and destroy the city's main computer, Alpha 60.
Review: In this film, using modernistic locations in Paris to depict the futuristic city, Godard proves that you don't need special effects or fancy sets to make a science fiction film. Unfortunately he also decided you didn't need a coherent plot or three dimensional characters either
(not that the latter two points ever stopped Michael Bay)
[1] No, seriously, that's his name. Apparently there was a whole series of flims about this character, played by American expat Eddie Constantine. At least until this movie effectively killed the franchise.
Summary: In French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 dystopian science fiction film, secret agent Lemmy Caution [1] is sent into the titular city in his space going Ford Galaxie to try and find its creator, Dr. Von Braun, and destroy the city's main computer, Alpha 60.
Review: In this film, using modernistic locations in Paris to depict the futuristic city, Godard proves that you don't need special effects or fancy sets to make a science fiction film. Unfortunately he also decided you didn't need a coherent plot or three dimensional characters either
(not that the latter two points ever stopped Michael Bay)
[1] No, seriously, that's his name. Apparently there was a whole series of flims about this character, played by American expat Eddie Constantine. At least until this movie effectively killed the franchise.
