ALPHAVILLE is a mysterious science fiction drama film about the mechanization and dehumanization of a society through the story in which, a detective with some features of the agent 007, looking for a satirical evil in the guise of a scientist in the city called Alphaville. The film is shot in Paris with no apparent special effects and presents a dystopian battle between man and computer.A detective comes in Alphaville, the capital of a totalitarian state, in order to destroy its leader. He poses as a journalist named Ivan Johnson and wears a tan overcoat that stores various items such as a semi-automatic pistol. A dictatorial computer has outlawed free thought and individualist concepts like love, poetry, and emotion in the state. Logic is the only way of life in that alienated society. The detective meets and falls in love with Natacha, the daughter of a scientist who designed a computer, which is in complete control of all of Alphaville. Their love becomes the most profound challenge to the computer's control...Alphaville is a modern city which is dying slowly in repression and dictatorship. Mr. Godard has put a virus in a form of the word "love" in that alienated environment. This is seemingly very simple, but still a shocking reversal, which involves an invocation of consciousness and poetry.Furthermore, there are effective examples of the isolation of a society. Some people have been executed because they have felt emotions. That is the dark side of Godard's style, which almost always has a vague, uncertain and disappointing end.Eddie Constantine (Lemmy Caution) is a resourceful and effective detective, who even understand his love as a sort of part of his task. Anna Karina (Natacha von Braun) is a calm girl who walks on the edges of logic and passion.They romance is robotics like everything else in the film.

One of this film's many impressive feats is Jean-Luc Godard's ability to masterfully juggle genres. Moment by moment, tonal shifts are likely to occur, but the overall result is not at all a mess, mainly due to the film keeping a stylistic consistency. Although "Alphaville" covers so many genres, its gritty and sometimes surreal style remains the same. One minute "Alphaville" works as a genre parody, in the next it becomes a love story, in the next it becomes an absurdist comedy, in the next it becomes an Orwellian satire , in the next it becomes a heartfelt melodrama, in the next it becomes a haunting thriller, in the next it becomes a mind bending sci-fi flick, in the next it becomes a detective story, and so on and so on. All of these clashing genres bend and break, they are satirizes, payed tribute to, and added on to. This film miraculously manages to poke fun at the science fiction and film noir genres while also being a homage of them, as well as influencing future films of these genres.Godard was rapidly making movies in the 1960's, and he was still very much a young man, but somehow he was able to consistently produce revolutionary, unconventional, boundless, and strikingly influential works of art such as these. Works of art that are able to be classified as every genre and no genres. Works of art that showcase the beautiful and the terrible in this chaotic, often cruel world we live in. His canvas is limitless, and "Alphaville" is evidence of such a statement. Few filmmakers can stuff their works with nearly as many twists and turns, laughs and tears, loves and fears in their entire careers, and Godard was able to tackle all of these feelings in each and every one of his constantly produced 60's masterworks. Never giving up to form both portraits on both political and intimate scales, Godard remains to be a stunning filmmaker, and "Alphaville" is one of his weirdest, funniest, saddest, and most beautifully (and unconventionally) romantic masterpieces.

Great plot and idea. Poor visuals due to early years of production. Very weak actors (in my opinion).AND THE MOST ANNOYING- DISTURBING- DISGUSTING-GURGLING-WOBBLING NARRATOR COMPUTER VOICE EVER. It almost destroyed my poor ears during film watching. But luckily, i survived. Sound effects and music design is miserable too, considering the main theme of the movie. Story line of video-film is V-E-R-Y S-L-O-W and have no dynamic scenes at all, but this is common stuff for 60s, 70s movies.Hoping, that Brazil (1985) with similar storyline will be far better! Can't say anything more.

How do you spell "Alphaville"? Capital B-O-R-I-N-G! This movie was a sluggish, mind-numbingly dull snore-fest, if I've ever seen one.Set in the future (at an unspecified date), there was absolutely nothing at all "futuristic" about Alphaville in any way, shape, or form.I found Alphaville to basically be a staggeringly pretentious, 1960's, euro-trash mess. Filled with all sorts of idiotic symbolism, it completely lacked a coherent and worthwhile story enough to keep the viewer interested for more than just a few minutes at a time.Considered by many (I don't know why) to be very "avant-garde", Alphaville was directed by French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard who, in the 1960s, was literally churning out about 5 to 6 movies a year. So, just by that alone, you can get a pretty clear picture of exactly how much real thought and care was put into this film's story, its production and its overall character development.If nothing else, Alphaville is a really great sleeping pill that's sure to be of help to any of you frustrated insomniacs out there.Zzzzzzz! Nighty-Night!