CINEFILER

Origins of the 21st Century

2000
16 minutes
Documentary
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3.35
Directed By: Jean-Luc Godard
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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 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."

Language
French
Release Date
May 10, 2000
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