| Description |
xii, 114 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Series |
French film guides series |
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French film guides series.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- SYNOPSIS Alphaville: une ?trange aventure de Lemmy Caution -- INTRODUCTION Je suis Godard -- Notes -- Chapter 1 Godardville -- Alphaville exists -- Tarzan versus IBM -- Who?s who in the Capital of Pain -- Codename Orpheus: The Strange Adventures of -- Eddie Constantine -- Dystopia Discovered and Described -- Paris: City of the Future -- From no-place to non-place -- Notes -- Chapter 2 The Shape Of Things -- Light that goes ? Light that returns -- The Circle and the Line -- E=mc? -- The Robots Are Already Here! -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Alphaville: The Afterlife -- Two Time Travellers: Godard & Marker -- Lemmy Redux -- Orpheus Unbound -- Notes -- APPENDIX I Sequence Breakdown -- APPENDIX II Credits -- APPENDIX III Filmography -- APPENDIX IV Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"First book in any language to focus on Alphaville, published on the 40th anniversary of its release. It uses new interviews with Godard's main collaborators on the film to reveal new aspects and explores its multiple influences, on 'Blade Runner', for example, or 'Code 46'. This is the first ever full appraisal of Godard's highly influential classic of sci-fi noir. Chris Darke writes about how, working without sets, special effects, or even a script, Godard made a dystopian vision of a technocratic future city. He explores the film's unique combination of genres and styles, its remarkable creation the secret agent Lemmy Caution, and uses his new interviews with the director's collaborators to chronicle the film's production. He also relates Alphaville to Godard's later work, setting it in the context of his wider career and of its influence on other filmmakers and artists."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"This edition produced by joint arrangement of I.B. Tauris & Co. and the University of Illinois Press"--T.p. verso |
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Includes filmography ([107]-109) |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography : [110]-114 |
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Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Godard, Jean-Luc, 1930- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| SUBJECT |
Alphaville (Motion picture)
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| LC no. |
2005012916 |
| ISBN |
0252030885 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0252073290 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9780252030888 (alk. paper) |
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9780252073298 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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