Origins of the 21st Century (De l'origine du XXIe siècle)
Release Date:
2000-05-10
Runtime:
16 min
Status:
Released
Genres:
Documentary
Production:
Vega Film
Overview
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."
