Alphaville

A black and white motion picture produced in 1965. To most youth this would probably seem like an odd movie to watch but it was even more interesting then I expected. Most noticeably the acting was very cold and the effects were unintentionally funny. The film was based on a theory that computers would one day rule the world. It depicted a small city called Alphaville that was under the control of a computer system. In today’s world we could say that the world is control by a computer system but the movie showed a darker side to technology. This computer system that controlled Alphaville was almost wiping out all sense of peoples thoughts, emotions and common sense. What was particularly interesting was that the town was under such oppression that certain words would be wiped from existence by the computer in the fear that the people would begin some sort of a revolt against its control. To a further extent the authorities of Alphaville who believed strongly in the computer systems would control the people by taking action against those that spoke out by means of emotions or logic. The actions against such people were death. They were simply murdered in front of an applauding audience. Computers have evolved quite rapidly since 1965 and yes it could be stated that the world is run by computers but the control still lies with the people. However it is a very interesting theory to believe that computers will soon take on a sort of personality themselves and become tyrant rulers of society. This might seem as unrealistic but in 1965 a computer running the world was only just a theory.