Contempt (film)
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Directed by | Jean-Luc Godard |
Produced by | Carlo Ponti Georges de Beauregard Joseph E. Levine |
Written by | Alberto Moravia (novel) Jean-Luc Godard |
Starring | Brigitte Bardot Michel Piccoli Jack Palance Giorgia Moll Fritz Lang |
Music by | Georges Delerue Piero Piccioni |
Cinematography | Raoul Coutard |
Editing by | Agnès Guillemot Lila Lakshmanan |
Distributed by | Embassy Pictures Corporation |
Release date(s) | October 29, 1963 |
Running time | 103 min. |
Language | French/English/German/Italian |
Budget | $900,000 (estimated) |
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Contempt (original French title Le Mépris, Italian title Il Disprezzo) is a film released in 1963, directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
It was based on Alberto Moravia's 1954 Italian-language novel Il disprezzo.
[edit] Plot
American movie producer Jeremy Prokosch (Jack Palance) hires respected German director Fritz Lang (playing himself) to direct a film adaptation of Homer's Odyssey. Dissatisfied with Lang's treatment of the material as an art film, Prokosch hires Paul Javal (Michel Piccoli), a novelist and playwright, to rework the script. The conflict between artistic expression and commercial opportunity parallels Paul's sudden estrangement from his wife Camille (Brigitte Bardot), who is mysteriously silent to him after being left alone with his boss, the millionaire playboy Prokosch.
[edit] Where it was Filmed
Contempt was filmed and takes place entirely in Italy, with location shooting at the landmark Cinecittà studios near Rome and the Casa Malaparte on Capri.
The film is often considered one of Godard's best, and an integral entry of the French New Wave. It was inducted into the Criterion Collection in 2002 as Spine #171.