Alphaville (1965)

When it’s SOME BULLSHIT TOMORROW your dystopia can manifest in many forms and styles. Maybe your megacity is cold and logical, devoid of love and sorrow, but you got some level three seductress dime pieces walking around ready for whatever? But don’t catch feelings! If you do you’ll be machine gunned into a pool and the Alphaville Synchronized Swimming Club will surround you in the water and make sure you’re dead. We’re breaking the seal on Jean-Luc Godard in today’s dystopian discussion about a familiar detective played by Eddie Constantine who defined the role of “Lemmy Caution” prior to Godard coming along and making this notorious French new Wave sci-fi in 1965 called “ALPHAVILLE”. Lemmy never saw it like this before as he infiltrates a city called Alphaville that has become the center of a greater global conflict. A logic-based society ran by a computer called Alpha60 and its maker, Professor Von Braun. Posing as a reporter from the Outer Countries, Lemmy must withstand the tests of this society and keep his composure with the help of poetry and a villain’s daughter. A beautifully cool film with a genuine sense of humor that, in the end, defies its cynical world with the hope of feeling. Love. Yeah, it’s corny. Love wins, sure, but finding it during this strange adventure is a minor miracle. We don’t even know if Dick Tracy and Flash Gordon are still alive for fucks sake. 

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