: Alphaville
Strange older French film (apparently a classic) about a future society run by a totalitarian computer and the guy who’s out to stop it. While I was intrigued by the premise, I can’t say I liked the film: it was confusing (possibly on purpose) and the limited (lame) special effects (if any) and bizarre editing bewildered me. I couldn’t say if the lameness was due to low-budget, lack of special effects technology, or lack of futuristic vision, but the “computer” was the human voice narrator which was confusing (it was difficult to tell when the computer on screen was talking and when the narrator was narrating). On the whole this strikes me as a brilliant-for-its-time film, but its heavily dated now and we’re less wowed by brillance attempted than by brilliance achieved.
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