Origins of the 21st Century
Origins of the 21st Century is one of the most talked-about Documentary, History, War movies released in 2000, attracting audiences with its cinematic storytelling and memorable performances.
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."
