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Alphaville Movie Review

Starring: Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Howard Vernon, Christa Lang
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Review Summary
Near future film in which detective Lemmy Caution (as Tarzan) is assigned to rescue a scientist (vs) from a City controlled by a Super Computer (IBM), and Dr. Von Braun, its creator. Film Noir-inspired more than a truly futuristic look at society, Paris stands in as the City of the Future.
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Plot

Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%




**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Repressive Society Yes
Robots & Computers & VR Yes
Plotlet: - fighting an evil computer
Who's being repressed/enslaved? - humans are slaves

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - spy
Age: - 40's-50's
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/medium straight
Body type - muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - French
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - average build (man)
How much in movie? - 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality - German

Main Adversary
Identity: - Computer
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - dictator
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric - mentally ill - obsessed - deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 20%
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Genius
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged

Setting
Earth setting: - near future (later in 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Big cities? Yes
Kind of city - Beautiful sparkling advanced city

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
Tone of movie - fearful
Comedy or somewhat funny movie? Yes
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - touching of personal anatomy - seeing breasts - seeing nude female butt - seeing full frontal--women
Check here if B&W Yes
Non-American film? Yes
What language? - French
Subtitles? - Yes
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
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