Help me remember what this film is called.

[Art Sandusky 0]

Early 60s, French, and what I'd best call sci-fi film noir. It was set in some future dystopian society, and really all I can remember about right now is that there was a guy walking around in some hallways with some kind of siren going on and on and on. I caught the last half hour or so of it on the Independent Film Channel or Sundance or one of those networks about two and a half years ago and remember it being really awesome. I just can't remember what it's called. Anyone?

[ArkhamGlobe 0]

Sounds like Alphaville by Jean-Luc Godard, which is really awesome.

[Guest TheLastBoyscout]

Early 60s, French, and what I'd best call sci-fi film noir. It was set in some future dystopian society, and really all I can remember about right now is that there was a guy walking around in some hallways with some kind of siren going on and on and on. I caught the last half hour or so of it on the Independent Film Channel or Sundance or one of those networks about two and a half years ago and remember it being really awesome. I just can't remember what it's called. Anyone?

Here's a detailed link to Alphaville. See if it's your film.

[godthedog 0]

wow. you're way ahead of me. it took me like 5 of godard's movies before i started to actually like him, and you're hooked within a half hour of one of them.

[Art Sandusky 0]

YES! I knew it was a one word, city-oriented title.

 

Thank you all. Now off to order this with Christmas money.

[Guest Vitamin X]

wow. you're way ahead of me. it took me like 5 of godard's movies before i started to actually like him, and you're hooked within a half hour of one of them.

It only took me one, which was My Life to Live. Then again, Anna Karina is also sexy as fuck (well for her time, I'd imagine she's lost her sex appeal since then)

[godthedog 0]

i hated 'vivre sa vie' the first time i saw it. fell asleep twice during it. that movie seriously has the most boring opening shot in the history of film.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Yeah, I guess it is pretty slow-paced. It fit my mood perfectly the day I saw it, since I had just came from seeing a play earlier (Keith Reddin's Life During Wartime) and it has a very theatrical feel to it.

[ArkhamGlobe 0]

It only took me one film as well to get into Godard, and incidentally, it was Alphaville. Granted, I probably didn't get what Godard was doing in the film, I loved it anyway because it looked and felt so fucking cool.