Alphaville

Streaming video - 1965

In ALPHAVILLE, Jean-Luc Godard fuses a hardboiled detective story with science fiction. Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine), a hero Godard borrowed from a series of French adventure films, comes to ALPHAVILLE, the capital of a totalitarian state, in order to destroy its leader, an almost-human computer called Alpha 60. While on his mission, Lemmy meets and falls in love with Natacha (Anna Karina), the daughter of the scientist who designed Alpha 60. Their love becomes the most profound challenge to the computer's control. Void of any flashy special effects, ALPHAVILLE uses 1960s Paris to depict the city of the future. Winner of the Golden Berlin Bear Award at the **Berlin International Film Festival.** *"A bracing salute to American... gangster pics, with a jumpy European post-war uncertainty thrown in." - Steven Rea, **Philadelphia Inquirer***

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Genres
Feature films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kino Lorber 1965.
2019.
Language
French
Other Authors
Jean-Luc Godard (film director), Akim Tamiroff (actor), Anna Karina, Eddie Constantine
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
Cover Image
Item Description
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (99 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).