Alphaville

Alphaville

  • Director: Jean-Luc Godard
  • Writer: Jean-Luc Godard,Paul Éluard
  • Countries of origin: France, Italy
  • Language: French, English
  • Release date: May 5, 1965
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Also known as: Dick Tracy on Mars
  • "Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution" is a feature film directed by Jean-Luc Godard, starring Eddie Constantine and Anna Karina.
    The film tells the story of the complete rule of the Ultrain Computer, which has long been called "Alpha 60".

    Details

    • Release date May 5, 1965
    • Filming locations Esso tower, La Défense, Hauts-de-Seine, France
    • Production companies André Michelin Productions, Filmstudio, Chaumiane

    Box office

    Budget

    $220,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $47,696

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $7,298

    Gross worldwide

    $47,696

    Movie reviews

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    • By Edgardo 2022-03-25 09:01:15

      [Film Review] Alphaville (1965) 7.5/10

      "We should not ask 'why', but only say 'because' in the context of a Godard-ville."

      Transmogrifying a nocturnal Paris into the dystopian titular state ruled under the technocratic totalitarianism of a sentient, omnipresent mega-computer called Alpha 60, Godard's Golden Berlin Bear winner, cunningly configures the time-honored one-man-against-the-machine trope...

    • By Eddie 2022-03-25 09:01:15

      Compare The Matrix

      The managers of Alpha City are rational and ruthless. The means of controlling people is to numb them. Like Newspeak in 1984, the words in the dictionary are decreasing every day, and it's no wonder you often find another word you can't see or hear anymore.

      The Matrix came out of nowhere, because deceiving is more effective than fooling. People think that they are fighting for their own ideals, but in fact they are all human flesh generators of the system; people think that they...

    • By Darwin 2022-03-25 09:01:15

      The fascination of a dystopian society

      A dystopian sci-fi movie. Unlike Godard's "experimental" films, it is a veritable big-plot film. However, the meaning of the dialogue explanation in this film is often more important than the performance of the camera and the characters, so watching this film feels like reading a novel (it may also be because of the bad subtitles of the video I watched...). As for the storyline, it is true that the background of the world view is extremely huge, but the storyline is not complicated, but I...

    • By Angelita 2022-03-25 09:01:15

      About metaphors, don't say you already understand

      In general, before writing a review, it is always necessary to look at what other reviewers have said, in case there are similarities. But I am writing this, hoping to put all that aside.
      Don't look at any viewer's comments, explanations, insights. In order to achieve my own original restoration.
           This film, because it was made by the French, always had an inexplicable ostentation. Oh, I'm not slandering this movie, but I highly recommend it. I am writing now in a state of...

    • By Kolby 2022-03-24 09:03:02

      ou bien aimé de tous et bien aimé d'un seul.

      Natasha's slightly exaggerated lower eyelashes and thin lips with nude skin make it difficult for people to focus on her long monologue; the monologue translated into poetry is like high mathematics and politics, but it is difficult to understand, as if there are no people in Alphaville City A Bible (a dictionary that cuts out disturbing words) is also difficult to understand. Fortunately, it was poetry, and the computer asked the male protagonist who came to Alpha City to carry out the task...

    User comments

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    • By Loraine 2022-03-27 09:01:15

      The pimple movie is also seen this one without a...

    • By Wayne 2022-03-27 09:01:15

      Like this kind of sci-fi movie where a middle-aged man who doesn't want the service of a hotel lady drags Karena to run away for his true love, sheds a tear in Alfa City and is shot in the swimming pool and gives 5 diving girls Ling Chi, only There you are,...

    • By Kayleigh 2022-03-27 09:01:15

      poetic science...

    • By Junius 2022-03-27 09:01:15

      Of course this is...

    • By Jazmin 2022-03-27 09:01:15

      I really liked the way Godard's shots and stories were...

    Movie plot

    Alvar City is a future city with "silence, logic, safety, and caution" as its living coordinates. People have dull expressions and their life thinking is strictly controlled. The so-called people have long been called "Alvar 60" and the ultra-brain computer is completely ruled. The designer of all this was Dr. Von Braun, who was exiled from New York. A spy from another world, aliased as John (formerly known as Lemmy Caution, which is...
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    Movie quotes

    • Lemmy Caution: I refuse to become what you call normal.

    • Alpha 60: What is your secret? Tell me, Mr. Caution.

      Lemmy Caution: Something which never changes, day or night. The past represents its future. It advances in a straight line, yet it ends by coming full circle.

    • Lemmy Caution: Don't budge.

      [He shoots]

      Lemmy Caution: That way I'm sure you'll keep your word.