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Movies I Watched in July 2021 Movies (13 movies items)" Date: 7/1/2021 Viewed: Amazon Prime (Rental) Re-watch Note: I haven't seen Alphaville since I was a teenager, and I've been in the mood to watch it. Kino Lorber recently released it on Blu-ray, but my wallet has been tight at the moment. Thankfully, you can rent it in HD on Itunes (As of 7/1/2021). Alphaville is still a great movie even 55 years later in my opinion. You can tell that Alphaville has easily influenced later sci-fi movies such as Blade Runner (1982) and Dark City (1998). I lov"
Top Ten Films - Jean-Luc Godard
Slant's 100 Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time (100 movies items)"Alphaville, a dystopian sci-fi noir set in an Orwellian world of omnipresent surveillance run by a malevolent artificial intelligence, sounds at first blush like a large-scale work filled with the sort of macro world-building one typically sees in blockbusters. But Jean-Luc Godard, working with next to no resources, captures the oppressiveness of totalitarian government through the claustrophobic conditions of repressed citizens. Ordinary Parisian streets and buildings are captured as they are, "
Films Watched in 2019
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (1960's) (153 movies items)" Notes: I haven't seen this one yet..."
Movies Viewed in 2018 (361 movies items)"Jean-Luc Goddard's sci-fi film noir has Eddie Constantine as a detective who heads to the space city of Alphaville to track down a renowned scientist. A bizarre mix of the French New Wave with crossing genres, this surreal journey is as complex and confusing as you'd expect from Goddard. While you can appreciate why this film is held in such regard, it's far too slow and ponderous and doesn't have any real connection with the viewer."
