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Alphaville
Title
Alphaville.
Publication
Kino Lorber, 1965.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (99 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Title from title frames.
Film
Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 1965.
In English
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
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***
Variant and related titles
Kanopy Kino Lorber collection.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
French
Added to Catalog
September 15, 2023
Performers
Akim Tamiroff, Anna Karina, Eddie Constantine
Publisher's number
6435455 Kanopy
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films.
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