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==Legacy== * German [[synth-pop]] band [[Alphaville (band)|Alphaville]] took their name from the film.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Deming|first=Mark|title=Alphaville {{!}} Biography & History|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/alphaville-mn0000790509/biography|access-date=2020-10-27|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> * The affluent suburb [[Alphaville, São Paulo|Alphaville]], outside [[São Paulo]], Brazil, is named after the film.<ref>{{cite book |last=Davis |first=Mike |title=Planet of Slums |date=2006 |publisher=Verso |location=London |isbn=1-84467-022-8 |page=117}}</ref> * The cover of [[Robert Palmer]]'s debut album ''[[Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley]]'' (1974) was inspired by ''Alphaville''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Sandall |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Sandall |title=Robert Palmer: Any Time, Any Place, Anywhere... |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |date=August 1988 |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/robert-palmer-any-time-any-place-anywhere- |access-date=26 October 2024 |url-access=subscription |via=[[Rock's Backpages]]}}</ref> * The film production company [[AlphaVille Pictures Copenhagen|Alphaville Pictures]] was co-founded in 2003 by Danish director [[Christoffer Boe]], and was named after the film.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://filmmakermagazine.com/directorinterviews/2007/05/christoffer-boe-allegro.html |first=Nick |last=Dawson |title=Christoffer Boe, ''Allegro'' |magazine=[[Filmmaker (magazine)|Filmmaker]] |date=9 May 2007 |access-date=25 March 2015}}</ref> * [[Haruki Murakami]]'s 2004 novel ''[[After Dark (Murakami novel)|After Dark]]'' features a [[love hotel]] named after the film. The book is also set entirely at night and the narrative voice often takes the shape of a camera.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Murakami |first=Haruki |title=After Dark |publisher=Harvill Secker |year=2007}}</ref> * The music video for the 2005 [[Kelly Osbourne]] song "[[One Word]]" is an homage to ''Alphaville''. It was filmed in black and white and restages multiple sequences from the film, including many specific shots, and also recreates many of the film's distinctive costumes, sets and locations.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vineyard|first=Jennifer|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1497610/kelly-osbourne-plays-new-wave-femme-fatale-in-one-word/|title=Kelly Osbourne Plays New-Wave Femme Fatale in 'One Word'|publisher=[[MTV News]]|date=1 March 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516174613/http://www.mtv.com/news/1497610/kelly-osbourne-plays-new-wave-femme-fatale-in-one-word/|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 May 2018}}</ref> * Jazz bassist and composer [[William Parker (musician)|William Parker]]'s 2007 album ''[[Alphaville Suite]]'' is inspired by and named after the film.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://web.roguart.com/shop/album/id/17 |title=Alphaville Suite |publisher=[[RogueArt]] |access-date=25 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026084749/http://web.roguart.com/shop/album/id/17 |archive-date=26 October 2015}}</ref>
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