Origins of the 21st Century
De l'origine du XXIe siècle
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.'
