A story about "Alphaville - Criterion Collection" — 12 weeks ago
Found it really hard to get through this one and not only because it is meandering and vague. I know it’s supposed to be funny and satirical, but to me it just seemed a lot of obscure, dated scenes alternating with pretentious “poetry.”
The “hero” was so unlikeable I was actually kind of rooting for his death.
The swimming pool executions and the movie theater electrocution scenes were definitely memorable and unique.
I also liked the line about how no one ever lived in the past and no one can live in the future.
But that’s about it. I can appreciate what Godard was trying to do. I even like this in theory, but on viewing, it just bored me to no end.
And the scene in the car at the end…Erg.
A lot of other films probably owe a debt to this film, but as an introduction to Godard, I think I chose unwisely.
