Film
Alphaville
Thursday, Apr 16, 2009
7 p.m.
Additional Info
Jean-Luc Godard, 1965, 99 min., 35mm
French, with English subtitles
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.
Private-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.