15.05.2025: Alphaville – 1965 – Jean-Luc Godard
An agent wrecks the main computer on another planet.
Alphaville: une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (Alphaville: A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution) is a French New Wave tech noir film written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It won the Golden Bear award of the 15th Berlin International Film Festival in 1965.
Alphaville combines the genres of dystopian science fiction and film noir. There are no special props or futuristic sets; instead, the film was shot in real locations in Paris, the night-time streets of the capital becoming the streets of Alphaville, while modernist glass and concrete buildings (which in 1965 were new and strange architectural designs) represent the city’s interiors. Although the film is set in the future, the technologies used and the corporations and events mentioned in the film place them firmly in the 20th century.
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THE FILM STARTS AT 8PM PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY SO YOU CAN GET A DRINK BEFORE WE PRESS PLAY
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