Title: Alphaville (1965) - Jean-Luc Godard
Review: Alphaville is both a strikingly original film, and a Sci-Fi cliché. There is no linear form taken in the unraveling of the story, but that's what allows this film to work. The idea of technology taking over man has been a staple of Sci-Fi since Lang's Metropolis (1927), but in Godard's hands it all becomes an odd, cerebral journey. Godard used great locations in Paris that look futuristic, and the absence of special effects only heightens the films unwillingness to be normal. The performces are good, and Anna Karina's face can say or mean just about anything it's so beautiful and mysterious. The cinematography by Coutard is good as always. Alphaville is to Sci-Fi, what A Woman is a Woman (1961) is to the musical; it's Godard's own unique take on a genre, and that's always worth the price of admission.
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