Origins of the 21st Century
Origins of the 21st Century

Origins of the 21st Century (2000)

PG-135/10/2000Documentary, War0h 16m
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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."

Jean-Luc Godard

Director

Hans Otte

Composer