Origins of the 21st Century
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Released: 2000
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Documentary
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."
Starring:
Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
Written by: Jean-Luc Godard
Language: French
Scenes
This film includes a shot of someone urinating in a woman's face.