Origins of the 21st Century (2000)

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."

Released May 10, 2000 16 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short, War

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.montage, imdb.1900s, imdb.nazi-atrocity, imdb.violence, imdb.film-essay

Production Companies: Vega Film

Country: France
Production Country: France
Languages: French