This one was interesting - a Futuristic Sci-Fi Noir film out of France - Did not see that coming...
Long story short - you have a society (Alphaville) run by a sentient massive computer, and folks working against it while the AI subverts emotions and thoughts in the populace, etc
Lots of inspiration here for other futuristic films - I thought I would like it more than I did but I was tired when watching it, struggled to understand totally what they were going for, and in the end found myself reading the Wikipedia entry to be sure I understood what happened.
I did like some of the hotel scenes which were massive tracking shots of 2-4 minutes including a trip in an elevator - (which was shot from an adjacent elevator with a glass wall) - the entire film plays out on a conventional background with futuristic lingo that reminds me of the bad fiction I used to write in grade school - But...not a terrible film but def. not one I'd buy for myself - I didn't love it and often found myself checking how much longer I had to go before I was done
the Criterion edition is out of print and had no special features to speak of anyways
RB
No comments:
Post a Comment