Alphaville (Original photograph of Eddie Constantine from the 1965 film)

N.p.: Andre Michelin Productions, 1965. Vintage borderless reference photograph of Eddie Constantine as Lemmy Caution, in bed, armed and reading a French translation of Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep," from the 1965 film. Printed snipe and provenance stamp of "G. Toussier" on verso.

Jean-Luc Godard's neo-noir foray into science fiction, transplanting the fictional detective Lemmy Caution (Constantine) into a dystopian future, assigned to kill the machine intelligence that rules over a fascist state where emotion is outlawed.

9.5 x 7.25 inches. Very light edgewear to the corners, else Near Fine.

Criterion Collection (truncated) 25. Godard, Histoire(s) du Cinema. Grant France. Rosenbaum 1000. (Inventory #: 151996)