‘Alphaville’: A Film That Feels Brand-New
The Jean-Luc Godard film “Alphaville” opened the 1965 New York Film Festival and was described as the “first successful incursion of pop art into the cinema.” The film, shot in black and white on high-speed film, takes place in the then-new Paris Business district La Défense and features a melodramatic score by Paul Misraki. The…

