Directed by Jean-Luc Godard in 1965, video essay made by Zeos Greene and Paige Dahlke.
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@hundredcaws4 жыл бұрын
blade runner and alphaville resemblence is true. you nailed it. good work.
@petecanthropus99477 жыл бұрын
Hi. There's a strong link between Alphaville and Jorge Luis Borges' ideas present in his essay-style books "History of Eternity" (1936) and "A New Refutation of Time" (1944-1946), the latter published a few years later, included in "Other Inquisitions" (1952). Indeed the Alpha 60's monologue "Time is the substance of which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along. But I am time. It's a tiger, tearing me apart; but I am the tiger" is a quotation from Borges.
@KHRAGF4 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@JSTNtheWZRD Жыл бұрын
I must check it out, thanks - I just wish all my Borges books weren't in storage.
@michaelforthriller3 жыл бұрын
it was hard to get used to the narrative style at first and also due to the fact that i had to watch it with English subtitles, but by the end it became very engaging and incredibly thought provoking.
@eleventhrealm83743 жыл бұрын
this is one of my favourite films - it's timeless
@Czechbound9 ай бұрын
Saw it on the big screen last night at the prague French Film Festival. Really great, sold out screening.
@gustavturefeldt39388 жыл бұрын
This is excellent, I love Godard, keep it up!
@killershark888 жыл бұрын
+Gustav Turefeldt Thanks! Should be making another video essay soon..
@sirjaunty18 жыл бұрын
Dammit. I was typing a comment outlining the very real allegory between Alphaville and Bladerunner. Then you go and do that right at the end. That will teach me patience to wait till the upload is over. Superb and articulate observation my friend. If this is part of a college course or diploma, then you are well on your way to merit status.
@mcopado6 жыл бұрын
The Alphaville/Blade Runner connection has been well studied, I remember watching and discussing both in a college class on French New Wave Cinema in 87 or 88. Funny I stumbled onto this video because I actually felt like Blade Runner 2049 reminded me more of, and felt more like a sequel to this Alphaville than to Blade Runner.
@bramblebop19046 жыл бұрын
Yes! Quite a good observation.
@mauriceviel98 жыл бұрын
Very interesting analysis, thanks ! Alphaville is somehow comparable with a Jules Verne spy novel of 1880, "Les 500 Millions de la Begum": A totalitarian dystopy, where the monster machine is not a Bull computer but a huge Prussian cannon.
@user-mv8ge8nx6m6 ай бұрын
Godard is a legend a great director and cultivate person he brought something new to the cinema rip
@sunlightpictures83674 жыл бұрын
Great commentary on this unique film. I've been a fan of Godard and inspired by him as a filmmaker for 25 years.
@kristianwhite29123 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic! What a joy to you discover and for me to unveil something truly amusing and quite enlightening. Thank you and keep it up!
@killershark882 жыл бұрын
thank you for watching!
@Joe-ol5bq4 жыл бұрын
MORE OF THIS !! YES WE LOVE A WELL DONE VIDEO ESSAY subscribed
@ZeeshanAhmad-ig6gn4 жыл бұрын
Amazing....
@afrendeiro7 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@fredceely7 жыл бұрын
Very nice lesson, professor. Thanks!
@criticaltransfer4252 жыл бұрын
Thankyou for making this video :) I really love Alphaville; but, you've really added to my appreciation of it! I particularly enjoyed your commentary on the editing and directorial intent.
@MonicaForrestall7 жыл бұрын
Très intéressant!
@kulturindustrie53614 жыл бұрын
I love his films!!!
@omarblanchfield6717 Жыл бұрын
A voice from the past spoke of the future, which is now the bleak present.
@timothysassoon10773 жыл бұрын
Excellent commentary
@k.t.54052 жыл бұрын
Alphaville = what Blade Runner 2049 should have been.
@luzalvari7 жыл бұрын
This was so helpful, thank you!
@Entonces4 ай бұрын
Nice job, thanks
@5hiv4Hulk6 жыл бұрын
Amazing commentary!!
@jackr4507 Жыл бұрын
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero builds really well on Alphaville as a sort of sequel, just in Godard’s much later and more mature style
@theodorehebert64248 жыл бұрын
Great work, my friend!!!
@paulmurphy427 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know the name of the actress who played Beatrice, the seductress? She isn't even credited in the film!
@bramblebop19046 жыл бұрын
Might be in Wikipedia or idmb?
@neoclassicism13 жыл бұрын
Christa Lang
@paulmurphy423 жыл бұрын
@@neoclassicism1 Thanks
@Bazed.2 жыл бұрын
Technocratic scientism as an ouroboros symbolized by the spinning of the computer fan and the spinning of the computer tapes is a clear theme missed. The whole way Caution beat Alpha60 was by exploiting the flaw in its foundational logic. It can’t explain Telos; or the why. Nor can it justify itself or the “universal good” (logic) it claims to serve. I’d wager Godard was influenced by Quine’s “Two Dogmas of Empiricism” (1951) paper.
@Bazed.2 жыл бұрын
Oh and forgot the blatant allegory of the cave and “The Republic” parallels (“enlightened” ai philosopher king ruling by the concept of the “universal good”, which in both Alpha60’s “mind” and Plato’s is technocracy/rule by absolute “logic”/quantification of life. e=mc2 symbolizes this idea in the film. Energy representing life in this case. More parallels abound but I’m not writing an essay lol. Thanks for the vid.
@louisaparker9 ай бұрын
I tried to watch this movie, but had to fight sleep.
@blackbird56342 жыл бұрын
It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
@bramblebop19046 жыл бұрын
Hey, what is the significance of the Éluard book Caution gets from dying Tamiroff?
@phillipphil16152 жыл бұрын
One of Paul Eluard's most famous poem is liberté, written while France was under Nazi rule. It's a very powerful ode to the yearning for freedom. Sur mes cahiers d’écolier Sur mon pupitre et les arbres Sur le sable sur la neige J’écris ton nom Sur toutes les pages lues Sur toutes les pages blanches Pierre sang papier ou cendre J’écris ton nom Sur les images dorées Sur les armes des guerriers Sur la couronne des rois J’écris ton nom Sur la jungle et le désert Sur les nids sur les genêts Sur l’écho de mon enfance J’écris ton nom Sur les merveilles des nuits Sur le pain blanc des journées Sur les saisons fiancées J’écris ton nom Sur tous mes chiffons d’azur Sur l’étang soleil moisi Sur le lac lune vivante J’écris ton nom Sur les champs sur l’horizon Sur les ailes des oiseaux Et sur le moulin des ombres J’écris ton nom Sur chaque bouffée d’aurore Sur la mer sur les bateaux Sur la montagne démente J’écris ton nom Sur la mousse des nuages Sur les sueurs de l’orage Sur la pluie épaisse et fade J’écris ton nom Sur les formes scintillantes Sur les cloches des couleurs Sur la vérité physique J’écris ton nom Sur les sentiers éveillés Sur les routes déployées Sur les places qui débordent J’écris ton nom Sur la lampe qui s’allume Sur la lampe qui s’éteint Sur mes maisons réunies J’écris ton nom Sur le fruit coupé en deux Du miroir et de ma chambre Sur mon lit coquille vide J’écris ton nom Sur mon chien gourmand et tendre Sur ses oreilles dressées Sur sa patte maladroite J’écris ton nom Sur le tremplin de ma porte Sur les objets familiers Sur le flot du feu béni J’écris ton nom Sur toute chair accordée Sur le front de mes amis Sur chaque main qui se tend J’écris ton nom Sur la vitre des surprises Sur les lèvres attentives Bien au-dessus du silence J’écris ton nom Sur mes refuges détruits Sur mes phares écroulés Sur les murs de mon ennui J’écris ton nom Sur l’absence sans désir Sur la solitude nue Sur les marches de la mort J’écris ton nom Sur la santé revenue Sur le risque disparu Sur l’espoir sans souvenir J’écris ton nom Et par le pouvoir d’un mot Je recommence ma vie Je suis né pour te connaître Pour te nommer Liberté. Paul Eluard Poésie et vérité 1942 (recueil clandestin) Au rendez-vous allemand (1945, Les Editions de Minuit)
@bramblebop19042 жыл бұрын
C'est tres bon - merci, mon ami.
@timkuijlen6733 Жыл бұрын
I hope you can help my memory. I am wondering about a film, I think it is from Godard, where a guy is talking in front of train tracks. Then a train passes by with a lot of noise, and his monologue becomes inaudible, as if it is the most normal thing in the world. Anyone knows what film I'm talking about?
@claudenyspinelli8047 Жыл бұрын
in Pierrot le fou there´s a train scene with Belmondo, but i don´t know if that´s the one you´re talking about
@IndieGuvenc4 жыл бұрын
the first 30 minutes put me to sleep, maybe I have to give it more time? Subtitles didn't help
@alexioukaterina6752 жыл бұрын
Are u a film student? This was so great I wonder
@jondstewart4 жыл бұрын
Isn’t this movie set in an alternate universe or another planet?
@michaelforthriller3 жыл бұрын
alternate future / universe
@JSTNtheWZRD Жыл бұрын
By godard? You should of just let the man speak if your going to put his name to it
@thecivilianseries3267 Жыл бұрын
Boy it would be nice if you gave your viewers the respect to announce the fact that you spoil the ending of Alphaville.
@Mangocomatose Жыл бұрын
Wait hang on this isn’t about steamed hams
@tolkorm3 жыл бұрын
#bezos #musk #xmen #cicades
@matthewcalkins49793 жыл бұрын
2:12
@StratsRUs3 жыл бұрын
Just another movie inspired by 1984.
@laluna5548 Жыл бұрын
Interesting and complicated chatacter? Haha…maybe for the 60ties, but still incredibly disappointing writing of a woman
@RobWatt Жыл бұрын
hate strobes
@NuNugirl3 жыл бұрын
Dark City is a better movie in every way, and it is also entertaining. This movie was a pretentious bore. Shell Beach 👍
@StratsRUs3 жыл бұрын
Just Godard
@Claytone-Records4 ай бұрын
Do you know the way to Shell Beach?
@cheekygeeks4130 Жыл бұрын
Nitpicking a little but your mispronunciation of 'Auteur' and 'Tyranny' lead me to doubt your knowledge and opinion.
@TheGreatWent13 жыл бұрын
cheap french parody of 1984
@jackr4507 Жыл бұрын
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero builds really well on Alphaville as a sort of sequel, just in Godard’s much later and more mature style