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Contempt - Criterion Collection

starring: Brigitte Bardot, Raoul Coutard, Fritz Lang, Giorgia Moll, Jack Palance

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 9780780026179
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0780026179
Label: Criterion
Manufacturer: Criterion
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 10, 2002
Running Time: 102 minutes
Sales Rank: 18017
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: December 18, 1964



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Description:
Jean-Luc Godard's subversive foray into commercial filmmaking is a star-studded Cinemascope epic. Contempt (Le M pris) stars Michel Piccoli as a screenwriter torn between the demands of a proud European director (played by legendary director Fritz Lang), a crude and arrogant American producer (Jack Palance), and his disillusioned wife, Camille (Brigitte Bardot) as he attempts to doctor the script for a new film version of The Odyssey.

Amazon.com:
With his aptly titled Contempt, Jean-Luc Godard embraced the widescreen splendor of Hollywood while thumbing his nose at Hollywood itself. A rebel with a cause, Godard pursues an iconoclast's agenda, using the Franscope format (expertly controlled by cinematographer Raoul Coutard) to undermine the grandeur of widescreen melodramas. The story ostensibly concerns an innovative production of Homer's Odyssey and the struggle of a respected screenwriter (Michel Piccoli) to please a pugnacious producer (Jack Palance), a veteran director (Fritz Lang, essentially playing himself), and a petulant wife (Brigitte Bardot) who's grown tired of their turbulent relationship. It's all pretense, however, for Godard's mischievous (and yes, contemptuous) deconstruction of commercial Hollywood filmmaking, potently infused with film-buff in-jokes, astute observations about love, stardom, and artistry, and enough glossy style to suggest that Godard had mastered the craft he so willfully rejects. Contempt is one of his most accessibly fascinating films. --Jeff Shannon



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Godard's best?
Of the films I've seen so far of French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard, his best is 1963's Contempt ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Beneath Contempt
I'm always interested in seeing films with a strong reputation. I had seen a previous movie by Godard ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Coldness and Film
Over the past two years as I've been studying Japanese New Wave films intently, I've also delved into films ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - A disappointing inside joke
I have to disagree with all the reviews. I am a film buff and love older movies. However, I think all the reviewers ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - My non-intellectual note on "Contempt"
The movie is of course very complex and a work of art. Now mi little comment written on a day I was on a rage: Some ... Read More

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