Heads up: La Jetee and Alphaville

Tu 1/30 Griffith (7pm) | 'They Came From Beyond': International Sci-Fi
The French New Wave does Sci-Fi

A rare 35mm screening of two French film classics from the 1960s:

La Jetee (dir. Chris Marker, 1962, 28 min, France, French with English subtitles, B&W, 35mm)
Earth lies in ruin after a nuclear war. The few surviving humans begin researching time travel, hoping to send someone back to the pre-war world for food, supplies and maybe a solution to their dire position. One man is haunted by a vague childhood memory that will prove fateful. (See the classic short film that inspired Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys!)

and:

Alphaville (dir. Jean-Luc Godard, 1965, 99 min, France, French with English subtitles, B&W, 35mm)
Lemmy Caution, an American private eye, arrives in Alphaville, a futuristic city on another planet. His investigation there brings him into conflict with the city's ruler, a scientist named Von Braun who has created a computer ("Alpha 60") that governs the city by outlawing love and self-expression, crushing individuality and eradicating any human being who does not conform. Ultimately, Lemmy is left with no other choice but to destroy Alpha 60 with the only weapons he has left: his heart and soul.

Acclaimed French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville is a moving, original film that, with its abstract, political, and intellectual themes, essentially redefines the apocalyptic science fiction genre. Part sci-fi action film, part noir thriller, the film is nothing less than a bona fide cult classic.

Sponsored by the Center for International Studies and the Film/Video/Digital Program.

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