Pity the city so itty and bitty that it has no film festival. Berlin's 15th was n June; Venice's 26th ended two weeks ago; Rio de Janeiro is cranking up for its first; New York's third just closed its doors.
Alphaville was New York's opener. One of the ten movies French Director Jean-Luc Godard has managed to make before the age of 35, it won the top prize at Berlin—the Golden Bear. At Lincoln Center it seemed that a Golden Boar would have been more appropriate. So absorbed is Godard with his razzle-dazzle camera work,...
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