Alphaville, a fictional city in alph, a science fiction novel by charles eric maine. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your first box. Jeanluc godard was awarded an honorary oscar in 2010. This was godards ninth feature film in six years, a rate of production resembling that of beatles albums. Alphaville band, a german music group alphaville, a fictional city in the sims online game. Le weekend is a 20 britishfrench drama film directed by roger michell and starring jim broadbent, lindsay duncan, and jeff goldblum. Was it a statement about the suppression of individuality. A young girl that regularly dresses as a boy falls in love and seduces a young girl that has no clue that her lover has the same sex. A characteristic feature of the entire french new wave was a certain admiration for the american cinemaits perfect craftsmanship and its ability.
A genrebusting work that mixes dystopian science fiction and film noir, the film is considered one of the urexamples of cyberpunk the story follows secret agent lemmy caution as he investigate the city of alphaville, a dystopian society under the control of the alpha 60 computer where emotions are. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title. It opens with a vicious young couple who, we quickly find, would like not only their parents dead for the money and estate but each other as well.
Alphaville is a scifi detective story, a kind of protoblade runner, with french new wave charm the kind which makes your favorite electronica artist probably be in love with it. After a drunken house party with his straight mates, russell heads out to a gay club. While alphaville is by no means a conventional scifi film, jeanluc godard creates a. A genrebusting work that mixes dystopian science fiction and film noir, the film is considered one of the urexamples of cyberpunk.
The idea was to reference two godard films, weekend and alphaville, but to interpret them in a saskatchewanian context. It screened at other north american festivals, including the maryland film festival. Zombie was notably banned in australia in 2010 after having. Three steps above heaven a teen fantasy about a romance between a bad boy with a good streak and a good girl with a bad streak, simpleminded, disposable three steps above heaven is too eager to.
This film like weekend aint just world cinema, or art house, but a back road film, one that isnt shown that often on our soap infested, reality tv drowning and glorifiying news channels because it might make the watcher wake up for once in their life, and think about what they are watching. Labruces short dance film, created in collaboration with regina artists edward poitras and robin poitras, pays oblique tribute to the godard. Fandango fanalert sign up for a fanalert and be the first to know when tickets and other exclusives are available in your area. Please join us thursday, january 25th, at 7pm for the this years scream queen premiere taking place at the erie movie house directed by jesse james written by kalli ocole admission is free byob movie plays every half hour. I spent two weeks in regina in november of 2010 working with dancerperformance artist robin poitras and first nations visual artist edward poitras on a project called weekend in alphaville. Richard brody picks a classic film, a modern film, an independent film, a foreign film, and a. Welcome to alphaville s official channel at youube. There are signs of haste and improvisation, so alphaville is much the better for its ability to make us think and trigger our feelings. It looks like we dont have any plot summaries for this title yet. Labruce collaborated with dancerperformance artist robin poitras and first nations visual artist edward poitras and pays homage to the godard films weekend and alphaville. Im not against plain alphaville but alphaville film is probably the better choice.
Lemmy caution, an american privateeye, arrives in alphaville, a futuristic city on another planet. Hardboiled detective lemmy caution lands on a strange planet, where the city of alphaville is being ruled by a totalitarian supercomputer, and love and free thought are punishable by death. Mar 24, 2016 after a drunken house party with his straight mates, russell heads out to a gay club. Find release information for alphaville 1965 jeanluc godard on allmovie. Breathless is godards deconstructed take on the crime film. On a summer weekend, john and marian kerr, a wealthy couple in their forties, invite lyle, a gay art critic and former lover of johns halfbrother tonywho died of aids exactly a year beforeto. Weekend in alphaville 2010 the movie database tmdb. Mar 14, 2014 duncans likeness to french actress julie delpy isnt the only reason that it is easy to think of le weekend as a twilight time version of richard linklaters before midnight and its two romantic predecessors. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the plot summary submission guide. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Weekend is a 1967 black comedy film written and directed by jeanluc godard and starring mireille darc and jean yanne, both of whom were mainstream french tv stars.
Beginning with breathless in 1960 and ending with weekend just eight years. It was released theatrically in the united states on 23 september 2011 and in the united kingdom on 4 november 2011. However, the film was subsequently able to screen at outtakes, a new zealand lesbian and gay international film festival, in may 2011. This video essay looks at jeanluc godards iconic french new wave 60s period, looking at the ways he revolutionized film including films such as breathless, contempt, pierrot le fou, alphaville. Jeanluc godard celebrity profile check out the latest jeanluc godard photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Scifi noir came to the cinema almost 20 years before the famous blade runner with this futuristic french classic. Lemmy caution eddie constantine, a hero godard borrowed from a series of french adventure films, comes to alphaville, the capital of a. Godards scifinoir alphaville is witty and subversive popmatters. Jeanluc godard films on bluray, dvd, and streaming the. Opening this week top box office coming soon to theaters weekend earnings certified fresh movies. Directed by jeanluc godard, with eddie constantine, anna kari. Because when i think of godard, i always think of saskatchewan. Reviewed in the united kingdom on october 21, 2010.
Written by hanif kureishi, the film is the fourth collaboration between michell and kureishi, who both began developing the story seven years prior during a weekend. Alphaville, a 1965 french science fiction film directed by jeanluc godard. Just before closing time he picks up glen but whats expected to be just a onenight stand becomes something else, something special. A strange adventure of lemmy caution is a 1965 french film by jeanluc godard. Alphaville combines the genres of dystopian science fiction and film noir. The film production company alphaville pictures, cofounded in 2003 by danish director christoffer boe, is named after the film. Laut cine canal wurde dieser film im jahre 2010 freigegeben. Weekend received its world premiere at the sxsw film festival in austin, texas in march 2011. This1965 jeanluc godard film is a weirdly delightful science fiction story from one of.
Andrew haigh by lara loutinen on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Alphaville films, an american film production company whose films include the mummy series. Weekend is a british romantic drama about a gay couple, russell and glen, who meet and become intimately and sexually involved very shortly before glen is supposed to leave the country to study overseas. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. The 25 best scifi and fantasy films of all time alphaville. Le film a weekend with the family 2016 vostfr film complet. Godard, just a few years after his remarkable alphaville, produced 1967s weekend, which may be a political film, and is certainly surreal. The most unusual aspect of the film is the sound, particularly the monotonous voice of the central brain governing alphaville, a voice in contrast to the somewhat ingratiating music of paul misraki. In alphaville, jeanluc godard fuses a hardboiled detective story with science fiction. Watch weekend a sort of love story between two guys over a cold weekend in october. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. They all offer long, often intense verbal exchanges between partners in a relationship against a glorious scenic backdrop. Weekend is a 2011 british romantic drama film directed by andrew haigh and starring tom cullen and chris new as two men who meet and begin a sexual relationship the weekend before one of them plans to leave the country.
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