On The World Of Kane: a large collection of clips from famous French sixties films, among which Alphaville (1965):

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“Jean-Luc Godard’s homage to pop art and pulp fiction.”
Hard boiled detective Lemmy Caution is sent to spy on Alpha 60, the giant computer complex which governs a monstrous city called Alphaville in Jean-Luc Godard’s surrealist urban nightmare.

Discover all clips, including Masculin Féminin (1966), Weekend (1967), The Bride Wore Black (1967), La Collectionneuse (1966), Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo? (1966), Mr Freedom (1968), Trans-Europ Express (1968), Un Homme et une Femme (1966), Les Idoles (1968), La Piscine (1968), and Slogan (1969), which brings Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin, together for the first time:

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Via Grow-a-Brain

See also: From the barricades (Guardian)

The événements of May 68 began with, and live on in, the cinema. Gilbert Adair, who marched on the streets, looks back at how a generation of French film-makers did their bit to change the world