Jean-Luc Godard: Alphaville (Movie tip)
Saturday, 14. April 2007, 21:29:54
"Alphaville"
by Jean-Luc Godard
with Eddi Constantine,
Anna Karina,
Akim Tamiroff,
Howard Vernon,
Jean-Pierre Léaud,
László Szabó,
...
France / Italy 1965
Plot
Lemmy Caution, an American private-eye, arrives in Alphaville, a futuristic city on another planet. His very American character is at odds with the city's ruler, an evil scientist named Von Braun, who has outlawed love and self-expression. | © Gene Volovich
The original trailer of "Alphaville"
Excerpt from the movie "Alphaville"
Lemmy Caution alias Ivan Johnson and Natasha von Braun discuss the meaning of love
Johnson: No, when I talked about falling in love
Natasha: In love? What’s that?
[Johnson walks around Natasha]
Johnson: This
Natasha: No, I know what that is: it’s sensuality
Johnson: No, sensuality flows from it
It cannot exist without love
Natasha: So what is love, then?
[Natasha’s voice:]
Your voice, your eyes...
...your hands, your lips...
Our silences, our words...
Light that goes...
...light that returns
A single smile between us both
In quest of knowledge...
...I watched night create day...
...while we seemed unchanged
O beloved of all, beloved of one alone...
...your mouth silently promised to be happy
Away, away, says hate; never, never, says love
A caress leads us from our childhood
Increasingly I see the human form...
...as a lover’s dialogue
The heart has but one mouth
Everything ordered by chance
All words without aforethought
Sentiments adrift
Men roam the city
A glance, a word
Because I love you
Everything moves
To live, only advance!
Aim straight for those you love
I went towards you, endlessly towards the light
If you smile, it is to enfold me all the better
The rays of your arms pierce the mist
WIDGETIZE
andreu # 16. April 2007, 08:08
devans186 # 16. April 2007, 18:47
ramute # 20. April 2007, 17:46
Warmly, Ramute.
E. Driver # 22. April 2007, 13:42
I've updated that "old" post with those YouTube video clips and I hope that this gives a better understanding of what the movie is like.
Everybody have a good Sunday
Elmar
I_ArtMan # 22. April 2007, 21:36
E. Driver # 23. April 2007, 12:50
Best wishes
Elmar