Origins of the 21st Century

Original title: De l'origine du XXIe siècle
Duration: 16 min
Release date: 2000-05-10
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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."

Documentary

De l'origine du XXIe siècle

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