Alphaville (1965) - New Sealed DVD 1998 Criterion Collection Video
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With 1965's ALPHAVILLE--part sci-fi action film, part noir thriller--the acclaimed French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard achieves a stunningly clinical futurism using absolutely no special visual effects. The result is a moving, original film that, with its abstract, political, and intellectual themes, essentially redefines the apocalyptic science fiction genre. ALPHAVILLE, clearly the product of one of cinema's greatest contributors, is nothing less than a bona fide cult classic.A bizarre space-chase across a glass and metal landscape of futuristic Paris--here called Alphaville--is the movie's premise. Creating a dystopian "tomorrow" characterized by alienation and cold corporate comforts, Godard slyly suggests that the future is now. Secret agent man Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) travels across the expanses of intergalactic space and time to uncover the fate of his missing predecessor. Working under the alias of Ivan Johnson, Caution is accompanied in his quest by the lovely Natasha Vonbraun (Anna Karina), the daughter of a supposedly missing professor. Caution later discovers that the elder Vonbraun is the mastermind behind Alpha 60--the rigid, masterful computer that governs Alphaville. Alpha's job is to crush individuality, eradicating any human being who does not conform. Ultimately, Lemmy is left with no other choice but to destroy the calculating chip-and-wire monolith, with the only weapons he has left: his heart and soul.
Product Identifiers
UPC
0037429130926
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3049297
Product Key Features
Actor
Anna Karina, Eddie Constantine
Edition
Criterion Collection
Movie/TV Title
Alphaville
Director
Hans Lucas (Aka Godard), Jean-Luc Godard
Format
DVD
Release Year
1998
Genre
Foreign Language
Sub-Genre
French
Additional Product Features
Region Code
Region 1
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
France
Display Format
Criterion Collection
Leading Role
Anna Karina, Eddie Constantine
Film Country
France
Release Date
1998
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