• May 10, 2000
  • 16 min
  • Full-HD

Origins of the 21st Century (2000)

Commissioned by the heads of the 2000 Cannes Film Festival to make an opening-night short commemorating cinema as it enters its second full century, Godard instead offers up a 17-minute barrage of re-edited footage of wars and Nazi atrocities, interspersed with clips of Maurice Chevalier in "Gigi" and Godard's own "À bout de souffle."

Category
Country
France
Companies
Vega Film

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