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Sometimes, reality is too complex

for oral communication

But legend embodies it in a form

which enables it to spread all over the world

It was 24.17, Oceanic Time

when I approached the suburbs of Alphaville

Silence. Logic. Security. Prudence

My paper reserved a room for me:

- You are? - Ivan Johnson

- Which paper? - Figaro-Pravda

Room 344. Have you registered at Residents Control?

You must, even if you're a Festival visitor

Your bag, sir

- Please, sir. - Nothing. Get lost

This way, sir

You're tired, sir?

You wish to sleep, sir?

It's this way, sir

If you're tired, you can rest, sir

Here it is, sir

The bedroom's here, sir

- What are you looking for now? - I'm checking if the Bible's here

- Everyone has one. - Do you believe that?

Yes, of course

I'll leave you the tranquillizers in the bathroom

I'm very well. Thank you so very much

- Are you going to take a bath, sir? - Yes, I must reflect

I'll help you, sir

And your tie, sir

- Now what? -I'll take a bath with you, sir, if you like

Listen, doll, I'm a big boy

I can find dames all alone

Now get lost

Be polite to the ladies, Mr. Johnson

Shit. Now what?

This kid doesn't please you?

And your sister, sir?

- I'm getting out of shape. - What sir?

What's going on here? Are you on drugs or what?

No, it's normal, sir

All things weird are normal in this whore of cities

Sit in that chair

Her name was Beatrice

She said she was a seductress, third class

I was struck by the sadness and durability of her face

Something's not in orbit in the capital of this Galaxy

Hold this up

Not bad for a veteran of Guadalcanal

Just what I was thinking about you

Go play your games with someone else

I've heard it before

Yes? Mr. Johnson

Miss Natasha Von Braun calls for you

Just a moment, please

Leonard Von Braun, inventor of the death ray

bring back alive, or liquidate

Tell her to wait, I'll be down in 5 minutes

She's on her way up

Henry Dickson, Agent X21, 12, Enrico Fermi, Alphaville

Got a light?

I've traveled 9,000 kilometers to give it to you

- I'm Natasha Von Braun. - Yes, I know

How do you know?

You are Miss Von Braun

Yes, I'm very well, thank you so very much

You come from the Outlands, Mr. Johnson?

- Everything to your satisfaction? - Yes

I've been ordered to stay in your service

during your stay in Alphaville

Who ordered you?

The authorities, of course

You came for the festival, Mr. Johnson?

Which festival?

The big one; that's why people from the Outlands come

- In my opinion, it's silly you did not. -Why?

The festival's nearly over; No more until next year

You don't say

Yes, Mr. Johnson

But this evening, there's a gala reception

Very big

At a ministry. I'm going; come if you like

OK.

What time? I must attend to something else first

You must go to Residents Control registration?

No. What's that?

You mustn't forget to go there, Mr. Johnson. We can meet afterwards

No, I'll go there tomorrow. First I must meet a friend

Me too, I've work to do

I'll give you the address where I'll be

Call for me and we'll go together

OK. In an hour or two

All right, see you later, Mr. Johnson

I'll go down with you, miss

Mr. Johnson, what's it like in the Outlands?

You've never been?

No, but my father told me about them when I was little

Now it's forbidden to think about them

Are you often ordered to stay with strangers?

- Yes, it's my job. - Sometimes, it must be nice

- Why? - You never have love affairs?

- What? -Has no one ever fallen in love with you?

In love? What's that?

There's one thing I'd like to know, miss

- Yes, Mr. Johnson. - You've finished taking me

- for an ass, or are you beginning? - Let go of me

But answer me

I don't understand, what are you talking about?

Realize, Princess. I don't know what you're talking about either

It's always like that. You never understand anything

Yes, it's always like that. You never understand anything

And one night, you end it in death

- Which way are you going? - 12, Enrico Fermi

That's after Heisenberg Boulevard, not far from Mathematical Park

I have a car, I can give you a lift, if you wish. -OK.

I'll get the keys

- You don't want me to court you? - What?

You really don't know what it means?

Her smile and her small, pointed teeth

reminded me of the old vampire films

the sort they used to show at cinerama museums

I'm a programmer, second class

Natasha's a name from the past

Yes, but in life, one can only know the present

No one's lived in the past, or will live in the future

Thanks for the lift, anyway

It's a pleasure to do my job, Mr. Johnson

It's much farther?

You know we must cross the North Zone, Miss

What's the population of Alphaville?

Don't forget, you must go to Residents Control

Yes

What exactly do you do for a living?

I work

for a newspaper

Professor Von Braun is your father?

It's vital that I write about him; Could you arrange a meeting?

I don't know. I've never seen him. I'll ask

Finally, I leave you

- Here? - I've changed my mind

You have the address?

Yes. Tell him to stop

Telecommunication

I'd like to telecommunicate

- Galaxy or local call? - Local

Cabin 2

Miss, do you know that man?

Of course I know him. Don't be stupid

At the end of Galata Bridge

one finds the Red Star. My place

You can't compare it

to our splendid galactic corridors

all a-glitter with luxury and light

It's only a vast labyrinth, tall, cramped

Is this the Red Star Hotel?

Yes, it is, thank you

- Is Mr. Dickson in? - He's out

Fine, I'll wait

You have money, sir?

You can have a seat, sir, if you're tired

I wanted to see it again

the tomb of the Duc de Montpensier

The reclining statue of the Prince

is the work of Pradier

The Prince wears the costume of

Henry, it's me!

We've got plenty to talk about

- Where's my key? - Where's my money, Mr. Dickson?

- My key. - His key

And a beer

And me?

Why don't you hurry up and commit suicide?

We need the room for our cousin from the south

You come from the Outlands?

Why did he ask if you'd commit suicide?

There's quite a few...

There's quite a few who do

One can't adapt to this place

It's the method the Chinese invented

about thirty years ago in Pekingville

Dissuasion is their strong point

What about those who won't adapt, or commit suicide?

- Those... they're executed. - Yes, the authorities

But one can hide, you know. There aren't many left

Dick Tracy, is he dead?

And Guy Leclair?

Why didn't we hear from them, or from you, Henry?

I'm sorry. These things happen

And what's Alpha 60?

A giant computer, like they used to have in big business

Nueva York... IBM...

Olivetti... General Electric... Tokyorama...

Alpha 60 is one hundred and fifty light years more powerful

I see. People have become slaves of probabilities

Their ideal here, in Alphaville

is a technocracy, like that of termites and ants

I don't understand

Probably one hundred and fifty light years ago

One hundred and fifty, two hundred

there were artists in the ant society

Artists, novelists, musicians, painters

Today, no more

Nothing. Like here

Has Professor Von Braun organized it all?

He obeys logical orders

Then why didn't you kill him?

"Why"... what does that word mean? I forgot...

You know his daughter, Natasha? Who is she really?

It was him they sent to Los Alamos

His name wasn't that then

Answer! That wasn't his name in those days

Listen, Henry

We'll get out together; you'll be OK. But first you must...

It's a terrible secret, but...

Come in, Madame la Marquise

My coat, Madame Recamier

Thank you, Madame Pompadour

Madame Bovary, Marie Antoinette

Madame Lafayette

Madame, it's love

I'll say it in Russian

So young and me

Lemmy... conscience...

Alpha 60... make... self destruct...

Tenderness...

Save those who weep

Yes, yes, that's it

The Capital of Pain

14, Light Radiation. Institute of General Semantics

You know where it is?

You prefer I pass through the North Zone or the South?

What's the difference?

There's snow in the North

and sun in the South

Anyway, it's my journey to the end of the night

So, it doesn't matter

It was my first night in Alphaville

but it seemed to me that centuries had passed

I'm very well, thank you so very much

Miss Natasha Von Braun

- Which section? - Programming and memory

The Central Memory...

...is thus named...

...because of the primordial role...

...that it plays...

...in the logic-organization within Alpha 60

But no one has lived in the past...

...and no one will live in the future

The present is the form of all life

This quality...

...cannot be changed by any means

Time is like a circle...

...which turns endlessly

The descending arc is the past

The arc that climbs is the future

Everything has been said...

...provided words do not change their meanings...

...and meanings their words

Is it not obvious that someone...

...who customarily lives...

...in a state of suffering...

...requires a different sort of religion...

...from a person habitually in a state of well-being?

Before us, nothing existed here

No one

We are totally alone here

We are unique, dreadfully unique

The meaning of words...

...and of expressions, is no longer grasped

An isolated word, or a detail of a design...

...can be understood

But the meaning of the whole escapes

Once we know the number one...

...we believe that we know the number two...

...because one plus one equals two

We forget that first...

...we must know the meaning of plus

I'm going

The acts of men...

...carried over...

...from past centuries...

...will gradually...

...destroy them...

...logically...

I, Alpha 60...

...am merely the logical means of this destruction

Good night, Comrade

I thought I'd never see you again

- Shall we go? - I'll get the keys

I left because I couldn't understand a word he was saying

But it's very simple

We learnt this evening

that death and life

are found within the same circle

- Are you afraid of death? - Of course not. Why?

We took the tangent to the center districts

Traffic bulletins on the radio...

...as Natasha spoke to me in her pretty sphinx voice

Pretty sphinx...

Foreign ambassadors usually attend

or delegations from the districts

Why does everyone look so sad, somber?

You ask too many questions

Because they lack electricity

The essence...

...of the so-called capitalist world...

...or the communist world...

...is not an evil volition...

...to subject their people by the power of indoctrination...

...or the power of finance...

...but simply...

...the natural ambition...

...of any organization...

...to plan all its actions

In a word, to minimize unknown quantities

This dump of yours isn't Alphaville, it's Zeroville

- What are we going to see? - I don't know, light and sound

- Where is everyone? - I believe; it's already begun

Hurry. We're late

It's already begun

Don't they electrocute them any more?

Darling, you know the provisions of 17th Plan took a plunge

You see, I told you so

Stay here

- Introduce me. - I told you to stay there

we're with very important people

- Can I take a photo? - I'll ask

Yes

- What have they done? - They've been condemned

Only men?

There's usually a ratio of fifty men executed to one woman

But what have they done?

They behaved illogically

Isn't that a crime in the Outlands?

Say, I know him. He wept when his wife died

He was condemned for that?

Evidently

We must advance to live

Aim straight for those you love

Listen to me, normals

We see the truth you no longer see

The truth is that the essence of man is love and faith

courage, tenderness, generosity and sacrifice

The rest is the obstacle created

by the progress of your blind ignorance

One day...

One day...

Sorry, Professor, but I must speak with you

I never speak to journalists

I'm not a journalist Can't we talk somewhere quieter?

- Goodbye, sir. - Mr. Nosferatu

That man no longer exists

Are you crying?

No, because it's forbidden

Occupied

Occupied

Free

Sit there and answer when you're spoken to

I haven't done anything

Newcomers must be interrogated

Alpha 5

What is your name?

Where were you born?

Nueva York

How old are you?

I don't know... 45

What make is your car?

What do you love above all?

Gold and women

What are you doing in Alphaville?

An article for Figaro-Pravda

You seem afraid

I'm not afraid... not the way you think

Anyway, you wouldn't understand

Rest assured that my decisions...

...always have in view...

...the ultimate good

I shall now...

...ask you some test questions...

...as a security measure

No, go ahead

You have come from the Outlands

What were your feelings...

...when you passed through galactic space?

The silence of infinite space

appalled me

What is the privilege of the dead?

To die no more

Do you know what illuminates the night?

Poetry

What is your religion?

I believe in the inspirations of conscience

Do you make any distinction...

...between the mysterious principles...

...of knowledge...

...and those of love?

In my opinion, in love there is no mystery

You are not telling the truth

I don't understand

You are hiding certain things

I admit I might have reasons to lie

but how can you differentiate between lies and truth?

You are hiding certain things...

...but I do not know yet what they are

For the time being, you are free

I should like you to visit...

...the Control Complex

Come with me, Mr. Johnson

- Where are we going? - To the Chief Engineer

Ah, the day breaks

Sit down, Mr. Johnson

A momentous occasion

Yes, we spent three years looking for Grand Omega Minus

Well, Mr. Johnson...

How do you find Alphaville?

Not bad, if I knew where I was

You are in the center of Alphaville, inside Alpha 60

The task of Alpha 60 is to calculate and project

the results which Alphaville will subsequently enjoy

Why?

No one ever says "why"; one says "because"

In the life of individuals, as in the life of nations

all is linked, all is consequence

That's the famous theory of Professor Leonard Nosferatu

Leonard Nosferatu no longer exists, Mr. Johnson

The Outlands expelled him in 1964

Today there is only Professor Von Braun

I remember. He was sent to a village in the desert

to perfect his invention

He was exiled, you mean

Now the Outlands wring their hands, wishing him back

They flood us with spies. Perhaps you are a spy, Mr. Johnson

You know I'm only a free man

A meaningless reply. We know nothing

We record, calculate, draw conclusions

An hour ago, one of Alpha 60's

1.4 billion nerve centres questioned you

Your replies were difficult and sometimes impossible to codify

We deduce an above-average intelligence

We are sometimes in mortal need of superior intelligences

At other times we have a no less mortal distrust of them

So what will you do with me?

For the moment, we're ordered to show you Alpha 60

Who ordered you? Professor Von Braun?

Absolutely not

An order is a logical conclusion

One must not be afraid of logic. Simply that. Period

The circuit elements... of 183 Omega Minus... malfunction

Calculating or memory elements?

Memory

Professors Eckel and Jeckel

I'm very well, thank you, pleased to meet you

Me too

I'd like to know what Grand Omega Minus is

Our 17th electricity plan is inadequate

Sooner or later, the Outlands will declare war on us

Therefore, we decided to invade them

Directed by Professor Von Braun, Omega Minus will be

victorious over anti-matter

I see, it's ideal

We can perhaps use men like you

to tell us the weak points of the Outlands

Your tendency to dwell in the past...

...could be useful to us

We send those properly brain-washed to provoke the other galaxies

the strikes, revolutions, family rows, student revolts

That's us: Grand Omega Minus

- Where now? - The invisible part of Alpha 60

You think more of what has been...

...than of what will be

It's old, your camera

The technical... I don't believe in it

Yes, of course

Jeckel asked why I shot the individual in my bathroom...

...when the whole thing was just a psycho-test

I replied, because I'm too old to argue. So I shoot

It's my only weapon against fatality

- What's this? - Central Interrogation Station

Here Alpha 60 sets itself problems

The forms and references used by Alpha 60

are too complex for human understanding

What sort of problems?

Train and airplane departures... movement of people and goods

electricity distribution... crime suppression... war operations

Element Seven, Malfunction

What's happening?

It's war with the Outlands

A simple instruction...

...is usually insufficient...

...to put into...

...execution...

...a task set by Alpha 60

Do not think...

...that it is I...

...who initiate this destruction...

...nor the scientists...

...who have accepted my plan

Ordinary men...

...are unworthy...

...of the positions they hold...

...in the world

Analysis of their past...

...automatically leads one...

...to this conclusion

Therefore...

...they must be destroyed

That is to say: transformed

I don't need anyone to draw it for me

During these years, under the direction...

...of Von Braun and his assistants...

...Alphaville had developed by leaps and bounds...

...guided by electronic brains that developed themselves...

...by conceiving problems...

...that the human imagination couldn't grasp

Foreigners were gradually assimilated...

...especially the Swedes, Germans and Americans

The others, the unassimilatables were purely and simply killed

I walked through the threaten of executions

Usually, we would seat them in a room...

...and electrocute them in their chairs as they watched a show

Then we'd dump them into huge rubbish bins...

...and the theater was ready for the next batch

If an individual showed hope of reclamation...

...he was sent to a chronic illness hospital where...

...mechanical and propagandistic treatments soon cured him

I felt that my existence here...

...was becoming a distorted, twilight memory...

...and without a doubt, a terrible destiny

I was left only one solution

It would not be logical...

...to prevent...

...superior beings...

...from attacking...

...the other galaxies

344

Put in one token

Thank you

Going up, sir?

- No, I'll shine my shoes. - Please, sir

- This man has the key. - This way, sir

You're tired, sir?

You'd like to sleep, sir?

Yes, to sleep: perchance to dream

What are you exactly?

I'm a seductress, third class

Has your colleague gone?

Who? Beatrice?

I don't know; a blonde with long legs

She's working in the peripheral flats

We're only replacements

Ever heard of the Outlands?

Never

- Get out of here! - Why?

If anyone asks, say you don't know

I'm very well, thank you so very much

If it isn't the little princess

I was forbidden to come, but I wanted to see you again

Not me!

Since you're here, order breakfast for me

Yes, sir

Pardon, I'm very well, thank you so very much

Me too

Bow your head

What is it?

Nothing. Just a thought

What about my breakfast?

I want to tele-order breakfast

What is your number?

You have a number?

They didn't give me one at Alpha 60

Not your control number, your room number

344

Ever heard of this book?

"The Capital of Pain"

Some words are underlined

We live in the void of metamorphoses

But the echo that runs throughout the day...

...that echo beyond time, anguish or caress...

Are we near to our conscience, or far from it?

These are words I don't understand

Conscience...

And this: death in conversation

And this?

Your eyes have returned from a despotic land...

...where no one has known the meaning of a glance

You've really no idea what this is?

It reminds me of something

I don't know what

Naked truth

I know it well

Despair has no wings, nor does love

No face, they don't speak

I don't look at them, I don't speak to them

But I am as alive as my love and despair...

And this: Dying is not dying

And this: The beguiler beguiler

This: Men who change

Never heard of secret messages, Miss Von Braun?

A secret message?

Don't you know what a secret is?

Yes. Secrets of planning, atomic secrets, secrets of memory

Now what are you looking for? This town is driving me nuts!

I'm looking for a Bible, to see if it's in it

Are you a complete idiot? The word I'm looking for, obviously...

Where is it? There's always one for every room

I'm becoming afraid

Since you've come, I no longer understand what is happening

Me, I think I'm beginning to understand

Here it is

"Conscience"... it's not in it

I'm very well, thank you

It's no longer there.

So no one here

knows the meaning of the word conscience any more

Too bad

1 sugar or 2?

2

That's not a Bible, it's a dictionary

Isn't it the same in the Outlands, Mr. Johnson?

Answer me now, what's it for?

Nearly every day words disappear, because they are forbidden

They are replaced by new words expressing new ideas

In the last two or three months

some words I was very fond of disappeared

Which words? I'm interested

Redbreast, weeping

autumn light

tenderness too

When I'm with you I'm afraid

They ordered me not to see you again

Who? The Alpha 60 engineers?

- Yes. - What are you afraid of?

I'm afraid because I know that word

without ever having seen it or read it

- Which word? - Le conscience

La conscience

- You've never been to the Outlands? - No

Are you sure?

Yes

You're lying

Why are you cross with me?

I believe you mustn't say "why" but "because"

I said "why"?

And if enemy ears are listening, they heard you, too

Well, then, I was careless, because it's forbidden

Perhaps it's all right for you to use it

When did I say "why"?

Another question first: where were you born?

Here in Alphaville

Another lie. Perhaps you don't know, but you're lying

I must know the truth: where were you born?

Here. I told you

No, in Tokyorama

the Land of the Rising Sun

Go on, say it

In Tokyorama, in the Land of the Rising Sun

Or in Florence, perhaps... where

try to remember it for yourself, Natasha. Where?

Where? I don't know

Where the sky's as blue as the South Seas

Florence, where the sky's as blue as the South Seas

Or in Nueva York

Where the winter... Broadway

glitters in the snow like a fur coat

You see, you do know the Outlands

Your father was chased from Nueva York in '64

He brought you here, so you are not from here

I know what this book is

A man who came with us from Nueva York, he wrote these books

I don't know what became of him

They live in the forbidden quarters here; they commit suicide

I know that Alpha 60 uses them sometimes

It controls them. How come?

Because they write incomprehensible things

Now I know: it used to be called poetry

It's believed to be secrets, but really it's nothing

When Control has an hour or so free it codifies such stuff

Like everything else, one never knows

It can always prove useful

Absolutely. We're highly organized

I'd like to leave with you for the Outlands

But I'm afraid

Now that I've seen you I'm no longer normal

When did I say "why"?

Why?

Because... you know very well, Mr. Johnson

No, I don't

At which moment? Tell me

Quite often. Last night in the corridor, for instance

This time you're lying

When I said I was falling in love with you

In love? What's that?

This

No, I know what that is: it's sensuality

No, sensuality is a consequence

It cannot exist without love

So what is love, then?

Your voice, your eyes...

...your hands, your lips...

Our silences, our words...

Light that goes...

...light that returns

A single smile between us

In quest of knowledge, I watched night create day...

...while we seemed unchanged

O beloved of all, beloved of one alone...

...your mouth silently promised to be happy

Away, away, says hate; Closer, closer, says love

A caress leads us from our infancy

Increasingly I see the human form...

...as a lovers' dialogue

The heart has but one mouth

Everything by chance

All words without thought

Sentiments adrift

Men roam the city

A glance, a word

Because I love you

Everything moves

We must advance to live

Aim straight ahead toward those you love

I went toward you, endlessly toward the light

If you smile, it enfolds me all the better

The rays of your arms pierce the mist

Capital of Sorrow

I must know how the chief engineer will use me

As an inter-galaxy double agent, I think

- So it's true what Eckel said. - What?

You send spies to sabotage the rest of the world

Of course, you learn that in school

Are you going to betray me?

You can't talk or don't you want to

Can I communicate with the Outlands from this hotel?

Just ask for Galaxy Service. You want me to do it?

The Outlands...

I want to telecommunicate

...telecommunications are suspended for some days

- What were you going to say? - An atomic attack on Alphaville

I'll explain later, Princess, but now let's get out of here

We must find the Professor... where does he live?

- Come with us! - Where?

- Residents Control. - No kidding

When he doubles up, get him

Story 842, Miss

One day a tiny man entered a North Zone cafe

and said, "I want a cup of very hot, sweet coffee..."

adding: "I shan't pay, because I fear no one"

He drank his coffee

He left

He drank his coffee and didn't pay

The cafe owner said nothing, he was afraid of a scandal

But when the tiny man repeated the trick a few times

the cafe owner said: "I've had it, I'll get a tough guy

to beat up this tiny man if he comes back"

So, on the fourth day

when the tiny man said, "I want a cup of very hot, sweet coffee..."

the tough guy goes to him and says:

"So you're afraid of no one?"

"That's right"

"Well, neither am I"

"Well", says the tiny man, "Make that two cups of coffee

very hot and sweet."

Meet you outside Residents Control

You'll stay here, Miss Von Braun

Last night you lied

You organized Dickson's death. Why?

Your name may be spelled...

...lvan Johnson...

...but it is pronounced Lemmy Caution...

...secret agent...

...number zero zero three...

...of the Outlands

You are a menace to the security of Alphaville

I refuse to become what you call normal

Those you call mutants...

...form a race superior...

...to ordinary men...

...whom we have almost eliminated

Unthinkable

An entire race cannot be destroyed

I shall calculate...

...so that failure...

...is impossible

I shall fight so that failure is possible

Everything that I project shall be accomplished

Don't be so sure; I have a secret, too

What is your secret? Tell me, Mr. Caution

Something which never changes, day or night

The past represents its future, it advances in a straight line

yet it ends by coming full circle

I cannot trace it

I won't tell you

Several of my circuits...

...are looking for the solution to your riddle

I will find it

If you find it, you will destroy yourself simultaneously

because you will become my kin, my brother

Those who are not born, do not weep...

...and do not regret

Thus it is logical to condemn you to death

Fuck yourself with your logic

My judgement is just...

...and I am working for the universal good

If you plan to drive us from the other galaxies, you'll fail

You will not leave; the exit is blocked

We'll see

Professor Von Braun - do you know where he lives?

Central Palace, South Zone, behind Raw Materials Station

Let's go

Don't budge

That way I'm sure you will keep your word

Out! Out! No journalists!

You know "journalist" and "justice" both begin with the same letter?

Tell your boss

What can I do for you, Mister Caution?

News travels fast here

Because we're very rapidly entering Light Civilization

At about 300.000 kilometers per second

I'm returning to the Outlands. Come with me

Stay with us, Mister Caution

When the war's over I'll put you in charge of another galaxy

You will have gold and women

We are mastering a science so fantastic

that the old American and Russian control of atomic force

will seem pathetic

I see

You oppose my moral, even supernatural, sense of vocation

with a simple physical and mental existence

easily controllable by technicians

Your ideas are strange, Mr. Caution

Some years ago, in the Age of Ideas

yours would have been called sublime ideas

Look at yourself. Men of your type will soon be extinct

You'll become something worse than dead

You'll become a legend, Mr. Caution

Yes, I'm afraid of death

but for a humble secret agent that's a fact of life, like whisky

And I've drunk that all my life

You never want to see the Outlands again, Professor?

Goodbye, Mister Caution

Such people will serve as terrible examples to those...

...who see the world as theater...

...when technical power and its triumph...

...is the only act in their repertoire

I was running a straight line...

...which, like Dickson's Greek labyrinth...

...and philosophers were lost, as a secret agent was too

In many respects...

...your reactions and your modes of thought...

...differ...

...from present normality

The inhabitants of Alphaville are not normal

They are the product of mutation

Do you accept our proposal?

Answer silently...

...with yes or no

I'll never betray the Outlands

The present is terrifying...

...because it is irreversible, and because it is of iron

Time is the substance of which I am made

Time is a river which carries me along

But I am time

It's a tiger, tearing me apart; but I'm the tiger

Look at her and me, there's your answer

We're happiness, and we're heading towards it

It is our misfortune that the world is reality

And I...

...it is my misfortune that I am myself, Alpha 60

Natasha, quick...

...think of the word love

Here

Not all the inhabitants died, but all were stricken

Those not asphyxiated by the absence of light...

...circled crazily, like ants

It was 23.15, Oceanic Time...

...when Natasha and I left Alphaville by the peripheral roads

A night drive across intersidereal space, and we'd be home

Don't look back

- Do you think they're all dead? - Not yet

They may recover, and Alphaville will be happy, like Florence

Like Angouleme-city, like Tokyorama

You can't go back

- Have I slept for long? - No, the space of an instant

Where are we? In the Outlands?

Not yet

You're looking at me with an odd face

You're waiting for me to say something

I don't know what to say

They're words I don't know

I wasn't taught them

Help me

Impossible, Princess. You must get there yourself

Then you'll be saved. If you don't

you're as lost as the dead of Alphaville

I

you

love

I love you