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    Origins of the 21st Century

    Origins of the 21st Century

    2000

    16:50

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    Origins of the 21st Century

    Genre

    Documentary

    Plot

    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."

    Director

    Jean-Luc Godard

    Writers

    Jean-Luc Godard,

    Stars

    N/A