Alphaville: French Film Guide (Cine-File French Film Guides) - Rilegato

Darke, Chris

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1845112180 ISBN 13: 9781845112189

Casa editrice: I.B. Tauris, 2005

Riassunto

A striking black-and-white hybrid of film noir and science fiction, "Alphaville" (1965) is now one of the most enduringly popular of Jean-Luc Godard 's films of the 1960s. Working without sets, special effects, or even a script, Godard created a dystopian vision of a technocratic city of the future, which resonates with filmmakers today. "Alphaville" pits secret agent Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) against Alpha 60, the super-computer that presides over a city where weeping is outlawed, poetry goes unrecognised and the words 'conscience' and 'love' have ceased to exist. Lemmy's mission is to capture the renegade scientist Professor von Braun (Howard Vernon) but is complicated when he falls in love with the Professor's ravishing daughter, Natasha (Anna Karina). In this first ever exploration of Godard's masterpiece, published on the fortieth anniversary of its release, Chris Darke uncovers the film's unique combination of genres and styles and draws on new interviews with the director's collaborators to chronicle the film's production. Analysing "Alphaville" in its historical context, he also examines how the film in fluenced Godard's later work, as well as exploring Alphaville's 'afterlife' in the work of other filmmakers and artists.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: I.B. Tauris
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1845112180
• ISBN 13: 9781845112189
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 128