The "aphasia" of the residents of Alpha City is due to the lack of vocabulary, which leads to passive expression incompetence. Alpha 60’s manipulation of language entangles the relationship between language and power. Power can control the individual by manipulating language. The "Bible" (ie language dictionary) has become the field and machine for the reproduction and reproduction of mainstream ideology. Therefore, the individual's "aphasia" is a manifestation of being restricted by power. So what languages are removed from Alpha 60? For example, the replacement of "love" and "carnal desire", for example, there is no "conscience". The result of a series of language operations is to create a walking dead citizen of Alpha City who can't think, have no self, and only obey. This brainwashing strategy of fooling the people has become an important means of maintaining centralized rule. While language has become a means of control, controlling language has also become a way to break through the shackles. Get rid of control by awakening "love" and "conscience." There are rifts in the ideological state apparatus itself. Godard is a very allegorical work. It is mentioned in the film that the United States and the Soviet Union ruled the world thirty years ago. The Cold War period was linked to China's May 7th history, so it is not surprising that Alpha City and China's governance methods are similar in the film. Such as the May 7th system, the unit system, and the foolish deceit of public power during the Great Famine and Great Leap Forward. same.
However, Godard in the 1960s was still a leftist who supported the proletarian revolution. So whether this kind of discourse can be regarded as an irony of the orthodox European discourse.
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