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Alphaville
Phyllis Wattis Theater
Thursday, April 16, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 25, 2009, 1:00 p.m.Jean-Luc Godard, 1965, 99 min., 35mm
French, with English subtitlesPrivate-eye Lemmy Caution travels to the outerspace city of Alphaville in search of Professor von Braun, an evil scientist who has created a computer that monitors the citizens' thoughts and actions. He quickly realizes he has entered a world alien to his own, one that has made love and expression illegal.
Part of The Future of the Past: Utopia/Dystopia, 1965-1984.
$5 general; free for SFMOMA members or with museum admission (requires a free ticket, which can be picked up in the Haas Atrium). Tickets are available at the museum (with no surcharge) or online. Double features: films offered on the same date are included in one ticket.
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Image: Jean-Luc Godard, Alphaville (still), 1965; photo courtesy Photofest NYC
SFMOMA would like to thank the Consulate General of France in San Francisco for their assistance in obtaining the film print.
