Alphaville

Modern Film Scripts

by Jean-Luc Godard

Screenplay & stills from Jean-Luc Godard's film "Alphaville".

Genres: Film, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy

102 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1966

About the author

Jean-Luc Godard is a French and Swiss filmmaker and one of the founding members of the Nouvelle Vague, or "French New Wave".

Godard was born to Franco-Swiss parents in Paris. He attended school in Nyon, Switzerland, and at the Lycée Rohmer, and the Sorbonne in Paris. During his time at the Sorbonne, he became involved with the young group of filmmakers and film theorists that gave birth to the New Wave.

Many of Godard's films challenged the conventions of Hollywood cinema, and he was often considered the most extreme New Wave filmmaker. His films often expressed his political ideologies as well as his knowledge of film history. In addition, Godards' films often cited existential and Marxist philosophy.

Reviews

[Bekhradaa · Rating 3 out of 5]

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این انجیل نیست، لغت نامه است
لمی: این به چه دردی میخوره؟
ناتاشا: تقریبا هر روز لغت هایی ناپدید میشن چون دیگه مجاز نیستن. به جای اونها باید لغت های جدیدی مطابق با ایده های جدید گذاشت... لغت هایی ناپدید شدن که من خیلی دوستشون داشتم

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آلفا60: اونهایی که به دنیا نیامدند... گریه نمی کنن. و تاسف نمیخورن...بنابرایان منطقی اینه که تو محکوم به مرگ بشی
لمی: و تو میتوونی بری و خودت رو با منطق خونینت بترکونی
آلفا60: قضاوت من عادلانه است. من برای خیر جهانی کار می کنم

[Amin · Rating 3 out of 5]

بعنوان اثری متفاوت و در سالهای اوج گدار، پر از ظرافتهای تکنیکی و نوآوری در سینمای زمان خودش است. گرچه برای درک این ظرافتها باید فیلم را دید اما خواندن فیلمنامه هم خالی از لطف نیست. تصویری از آینده که گدار ارائه می کند، شاید این روزها چندان دور از واقعیت نباشد و حتی برای دنبال کردن نوعی "روح زدایی" از بشر ایده بخش باشد

ترجمه مقاله آخر چندان دل نشین نبود و کلا نسخه الکترونیکی که ارائه شده دارای ایرادات نگارشی است که گاهی فهم مطلب را سخت می کند

[R. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Never forget that Revenger and Reporter begin with the same letter.

The film script translated into English by Peter Whitehead...with pictures of computers, guns and the lovely Anna Karina!

Includes introduction by Richard Roud, Godard's original treatment and a filmography.

A summary in bastard haiku:
Tarzan versus IBM:
Save the daughter,
destroy the program.

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If not for a handout from Truffaut, Godard at this moment might be asking you eef you wood like zum whahn wiz your meel; and possibly would've had a decent side-career as a writer of dystopian tales - seriously, this is a movie script that reads very well as a novel. An experimental novel, sure. But a novel...or novella...nonetheless.

Trailer: http://youtube.com/watch?v=FbprR2W9pD4

[Andrew · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've read this for the purposes of research. As a script it demonstrates how important images are to Godard. Read flat, it feels flat. Additionally, being one of the more penetrable of Godard's films, it somehow translates less to the page. Still, an interesting read, and with the addition of Godard's original treatment that follows (which is much more engaging), it's a useful companion to the (excellent) film.

[Tentatively, Convenience · Rating 3 out of 5]

Given that Godard's one of my favorite directors, it's hard for me to give anything connected to him a 'bad' rating. I give this 3 stars just b/c the bk edition itself isn't as thorough & scholarly as the edition I have from "Masculine Feminine". This is still 1 of my favorite earlier Godards.

[زمین · Rating 3 out of 5]

بله،من از مرگ میترسم ولی برای مأمور مخفی متواضعی مثل من، ترس از مرگ یه کلیشه است...مثل نوشیدن ویسکی که من تموم عمرم از اون نوشیدم.

[Corey · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a fabulous movie! What a fabulous screenplay!

[Nikki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Seems a fitting follow up to Zeroville.

[Steven · Rating 3 out of 5]

Slow moving, chic, science fiction city.