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Contempt

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Contempt
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1hr 42min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1963
Director:
Jean-Luc Godard
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli  ...more
Synopsis: Contempt is the story of the end of a marriage. Camille (Brigitte Bardot) falls out of love with her husband Paul (Michel Piccoli) while he is rewriting the screenplay Odyssey by American producer Jeremiah Prokosch (Jack Palance). Just as the director of Prokosch's film, Fritz Lang, says that The Odyssey is the story of individuals confronting their situations in a real world, Le Mépris itself is an examination of the position of the filmmaker in the commercial cinema. Godard himself was facing this ... Full Synopsis
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Brendon Hanley, AMG Review
While not Jean Luc Godard's best movie, Le Mepris (Contempt) offers one of his most fascinating moviegoing experiences. Like many of Godard's films, this one is about many things at once. It is a relationship drama, a modern-day retelling of Homer's The Odyssey, and it is also about art and the conflict between commercialization and artistic expression. And, most famously, it is also a big in-joke. ... Full Review
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Brigitte Bardot
Camille Javal
Jack Palance
Jeremy Prokosh, Jeremy Prokosch
Michel Piccoli
Paul Javal
Fritz Lang
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