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Origins of the 21st Century (2000)

Origins of the 21st Century (2000)

War Documentary
Release Date: 2000, May 10
Directors: Jean-Luc Godard
Countries: Switzerland, France
Production: Vega Film
Cast: Pierre Guyotat, Ronald Chammah

Overview:

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."