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Origins of the 21st Century

Original title: De l'origine du XXIe siècle
  • 20002000
  • 13m
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Origins of the 21st Century (2000)
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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 barr... Read allCommissioned 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 C... Read allCommissioned 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."
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    • Jean-Luc Godard
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    • Georges Bataille(quotes)
    • Henri Bergson(quotes)
    • Jean-Luc Godard
    • Pierre Guyotat(voice)
    • Ronald Chammah(voice)
    • Jean-Luc Godard
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    • Georges Bataille(quotes)
    • Henri Bergson(quotes)
    • Jean-Luc Godard
    • Pierre Guyotat(voice)
    • Ronald Chammah(voice)
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    Start watching now. You don't speak French? No need to if you have a piece of brain and heart, it's quite enough.
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      • October 7, 2000 (United States)
      • France
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