Alphaville

Jean-Luc Godard (director, screenwriter)
Georges Pierre (photographer)
Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff (starring)

N.p. Andre Michelin Productions, Circa 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Eddie Constantine as Lemmy Caution, in bed, armed and reading a French translation of Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep," from the 1965 film. Printed snipe and provenance stamp of "G. Toussier" on verso.

Jean-Luc Godard's neo-noir foray into science fiction, transplanting the fictional detective Lemmy Caution (Constantine) into a dystopian future, assigned to kill the machine intelligence that rules over a fascist state where emotion is outlawed.

9.5 x 7.25 inches. Very light edgewear to the corners, else Near Fine.

Criterion Collection 25. Godard, Histoire(s) du Cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000.


[Book #151996]