Virtual Film Club

Program Type:

Film Club

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

Virtual Film Club

Each month we pick a culturally or historically significant film for library patrons to watch and discuss. Watch the film on your own time, then meet with our virtual film club to discuss the film on Zoom. Registration is required. Zoom Invites will be sent out via email.

Event Details

This month's film is Alphaville (1965), directed by Jean-Luc Godard.

Additional Resources:

GENERAL RESOURCES

Turner Classic Movies page for ‘Alphaville’: https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/67157/alphaville#overview

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzaATgGHmy0

REVIEWS

Kristy Strouse, Film Inquiry (2022): https://www.filminquiry.com/inquiring-minds-2/?expand_article=1

Andrew Wyatt, The Lens (2019): https://www.cinemastlouis.org/the-lens/alphaville

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times (2014): https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-alphaville-movie-review-story.html#axzz2zrBA5tBK

Dan Jardine, Cinemania (2011): https://djardine.blogspot.com/2011/07/welcome-to-godard-101-unofficial-and_17.html

Donald J. Levit, ReelTalk Movies (2010): http://www.reeltalkreviews.com/browse/viewitem.asp?type=review&id=3241

Dennis Schwartz (2002): https://dennisschwartzreviews.com/alphaville/

NormalSee (2022) [video review]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff3N3jvLBAg (5 minutes)

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR (Jean-Luc Godard)

Biography with Filmography: http://www.newwavefilm.com/french-new-wave-encyclopedia/jean-luc-godard.shtml

Interview (2005): https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/apr/29/2

Interview (1972): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKrtdKfiv8k

Jean-Luc Godard: The Secrets of Filmmaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Svc--e7Pqc (7 minutes)

Godard’s New Wave – A Video Essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6YNWxYcbNQ (7 minutes)

A Tribute to Jean-Luc Godard (Jérémie Laurin-Pagé): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hByqKHyiTK0 (4 minutes of film clips, set to music)

Rare footage of Jean-Luc Godard editing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jnz5S6tN-0 (4 minutes…but in French!)

MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES

Article: ‘The City of Pain – Alphaville’ by Nigel Watson (Talking Pictures): http://www.talkingpix.co.uk/Article_Alphaville.html

Video: How Jean-Luc Godard Liberated Cinema (Julian J. Palmer, The Discarded Image): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZGLhgW6Rwc (10 minutes)

Video: The French New Wave (The Cinema Cartography): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R7R0JHvvgo (14 minutes)

OTHER RESOURCES

791.43 Thomson, David. A light in the dark: a history of movie directors (Knopf, 2021)

 

All links current and active as of 12-11-2023