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4/4
The Great Noir-SciFi-Verite Kaleidoscope...
jkownacki - wrote on 11/06/07
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.
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Alex - wrote on 11/07/07 at 07:28 AM CT
I have never heard of this movie but from the two reviews that i see there, it looks to be good. Do you know where I could rent it or buy it for cheap?
