Origins of the 21st Century
Movie| Title | De l'origine du XXIe siècle |
| User score | 6.3 |
| Release date | May 10, 2000 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Production country | France |
| Production companies | Vega Film |
| Run time | 16 min. |
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."
