Alphaville Review

Alphaville is an old, black and white film, in French, so it has subtitles.

Although this may seem unenticing to watch, the underlying concept is quite fascinating to anyone interested in (the birth and development of) communication or technology (and media).

Basically, the film explores the notion of the computer-controls-the-human concept. That is, back in the 1960's (when it was made) the whole idea of how fast the technology was growing (or soon to be growing) was thought to one day have the potentialto take over and control the human race.
However, as the storyline unfolded, it became evident that the computer could not identify emotions, as do humans and this, ultimatley was the death of the computer.

It is interesting to see just how far we have advance technologically since the making of this film. We are expanding our knowledge almost on a day-to-day basis, and it may be, perhaps, not that far away when we can get computer to do alot of work for us. It is, however, highly unlikely that they will conquer us as a rac eand take over our lives and bodies. And this is because, just as Godard has revealed in his film, humans will always have and need that intimacy and love from one-another, and this is something a computer can never understand. Although it is possible for the computer to know the meaning of love, they cannot participate in feeling the sensations that come along with it.

So, this film is highly relevant to the issues we deal with today in communication and technological practices,
and we cn use the underlying theme as a basis as to where we think we may end up in the future.