alphaville
4 ratings since posting on Sunday, February 18, 2007
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in Los Angeles
(submitted by
maemae
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I saw this years ago and found myself so engrossed in it that when it was over, I sorta went HuH?...because the the whole movie went by in the blink of an eye. Pre-Blade Runner. - LaLaToy , posted 02/19/07 |
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Havent seen it in years but it is an absolute classic. A must for any fans of hard sci fi, surrealism or french new wave cinema. -  Wee James
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posted 02/18/07
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I used to watch this film over and over again when I was in college. I even got some of my friends into it. - Darwin , posted 02/18/07 |
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here's the skinny: there's a dick named lemmy caution who arrives in alphaville, a futuristic city on another planet, for reasons we're not quite sure of. while there, he befriends natasha von braun, daughter of the very doctor who constructed the alpha 60 machine that controls the planet's inhabitants w/ logical rhetoric and drug-induced brainwashing. outlaws caught expressing degrees of emotion are publically executed either by gunfire atop a swimming pool diving board or via electrocution whilst sitting down to enjoy a nice flick at the cinema. this film has it all: science fiction, aka man vs. technology; romance: man rescues woman from evil; comedy re: the nonsensical teachings of alpha 60 which are oh-so akin to basically philosophy/religious banter of any kind; dramatic (obviously) and best of all... it's in french! basically i adore this film b/c it feels warm & fuzzy on my brain when i watch it. there's quite a lot of symbolism thrown in which i'm sure is partly there for exploration and also partly there for kicks. that's what i love about dada. to take this film seriously would be defeatist. go w/ it. and i promise if you open up, your soul will say, "aaaaaaaaaaah." bounce me back after you check it out & lemme know what YOU think! - maemae , posted 02/18/07 |
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