Analysis Of Alphaville

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In the Science fiction Alphaville the city is run by cold science and logic, all forms of emotion and feeling having been made against the law or “bible.” The inhabitants of the city walk around in a zombie-like or robotic state making the viewer and the protagonist of the film uncomfortable. They act this way because of the tyrannical ruling of the computer overlord Alpha 60 who has a big brother or a godlike view of the entirety of the city, and anyone who acts out of order is killed or expected to commit suicide. The implicit warning of the film is that without emotions to feel, and words to express those feelings, our world would be a very bleak and inhospitable one. It goes on to deal with the dilemma of mindlessly following the imposed

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