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Origins of the 21st Century

Origins of the 21st Century

De l'origine du XXIe siècle

6.3

2000

16 min

Documentary

War

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."

Origins of the 21st Century

De l'origine du XXIe siècle

6.3

2000

16 min

Documentary

War

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."

Cast

Pierre Guyotat

Self - Narrator (voice)

Ronald Chammah

Self - Narrator (voice)