tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post2877110716147657983..comments2023-04-22T15:15:21.275-07:00Comments on Hitchcock's World: Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville: A Lazy Incoherent Mess of a FilmJohn Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13373653979400552490noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post-4080886891993892402014-06-04T23:14:40.970-07:002014-06-04T23:14:40.970-07:00I've watched this film twice over a twenty-yea...I've watched this film twice over a twenty-year period: the first time I thought it was weird, the second time I thought it was...a little less weird, I guess. Actually, I liked the detective aspect more than I did the sci-fi aspect, and since this is the only Godard film I've seen, I'll take your word on the quality of his other works!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post-56932594993964591902014-06-03T19:33:46.576-07:002014-06-03T19:33:46.576-07:00You probably could. For one thing you could take a...You probably could. For one thing you could take a shot every time the word "galaxy" is thrown around in a desperate attempt to make the world seem futuristic, plus take a shot for every other instance where Godard shows he has no idea what he's talking about (any time light years are mentioned as a unit of time instead of distance, for example).John Hitchcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373653979400552490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post-81583341144830140002014-06-03T18:37:02.176-07:002014-06-03T18:37:02.176-07:00I loved your slamming this movie, even though I...I loved your slamming this movie, even though I've never heard of it before. I will heed your warning and stay away.<br /><br />Q: Would it be possible to create a drinking game from this film?Silver Screeningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955048716754142299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post-57449779937932741982014-06-03T16:30:57.405-07:002014-06-03T16:30:57.405-07:00I haven't seen this one, but I often find Godd...I haven't seen this one, but I often find Goddard hard to digest. The whole Lemmy Caution thing has its interesting points. He was an American FBI agent (later a private eye) in a series of novels written by a British guy. After World War II, Americans were popular in France so the novels were translated and became a hit there. Producers made several movies starring American expatriate Eddie Constantine as Lemmy. Thank you for sharing. Joe Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165780971886135575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post-90057865654100318512014-05-14T06:17:14.550-07:002014-05-14T06:17:14.550-07:00Interesting, I forgot about that way he talked abo...Interesting, I forgot about that way he talked about light years. With his offhand mention of galaxies I have heard the argument that he may have intended to be referring to different "nation states" (though even if that's the case it's still a poor choice of words that clearly shows he has no idea what he's talking about), I have no idea how you could rationalize his use of light years.<br /><br />Nice to see I'm not alone in thinking this movie is terrible.John Hitchcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373653979400552490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post-90485125051725840792014-05-14T06:07:02.782-07:002014-05-14T06:07:02.782-07:00Thank you for this small but worthy effort to help...Thank you for this small but worthy effort to help expose the emperor Godard as having no clothes. I'd add that Godard's two erroneous mentions of light-years as a unit of time rather than as a unit of distance in Alphaville are actually more contemptible than his offhand mentions of "galaxies".<br /><br />If I were a film student, I'd be tempted to have one of my academic projects be a sci-fi film about an assassin from the future who travels to the 1950's to kill Jean-Luc Godard, so as to save humanity the millions of hours it's wasted watching and analyzing the cinematic garbage of this Gallic jackass.ds555https://www.blogger.com/profile/11655451141275745139noreply@blogger.com