Quick Movie Reviews
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4/4
SIngli6 - wrote on 06/27/2012
Taxing, if not wholly impenetrable, yet still somehow masterful.
Rating of
3/4
Chris Kavan - wrote on 03/14/2012
A noir and sci-fi film rolled into one, Jean-Luc Godard presents a society run by pure logic vs. a detective goes by his own terms. No special effects to speak of, but the future it portends is still quite terrifying. It may not be flashy, but it is certainly effective.
Rating of
4/4
mitchellyoung - wrote on 09/15/2010
A noirish and inventively visual science fiction film that is an underrated Godard masterpiece.
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1.5/4
Alex - wrote on 05/17/2009
It took me 5 nights to get through this (though late nights, often falling asleep). Yeah it is beautiful at times but score is ridiculously repetitive. The story did nothing for me that I had not seen many times. Most Noir's are better.
Rating of
4/4
jkownacki - wrote on 11/06/2007
Godard flips both the film noir and the sci-fi genres on their heads by creating a sci-fi-noir in (then) present-day Paris. No flying cars, jetpacks or laser beams, but there IS a dame in distress, and there IS a nefarious robot hivemind. But the best thing about the film (beyond its superlative cinematography) is the way it pays homage to its genre roots by exceeding them. What other private eye understands that a well-recited poem can be as devastating as a hidden revolver or a shot to the jaw? In Alphaville, Lemmy Caution is Sam Spade askew, and somehow all the more real because of it -- robot hivemind notwithstanding.
Rating of
4/4
kustaa - wrote on 09/06/2007
Sci-fi masterpiece that can easily be the Blade Runner/Matrix of the 60s. The man that goes against a technocratic society. A society looking for perfection but that collapses from inside, revealing that only what makes us human, triumph. Anna Karina is not only gorgeous, but also a terrific actress. The shots and the script are fantastic.
