Contempt (#171, DVD)
Jean-Luc Godardās subversive foray into commercial filmmaking is a star-studded Cinemascope epic.Ā ContemptĀ (Le MĆ©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 ofĀ The Odyssey.Ā The Criterion Collection is proud to present this brilliant study of marital breakdown, artistic compromise, and the cinematic process in a new special edition.
TWO-DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- Digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Raoul Coutard
- Audio commentary by film scholar Robert Stam
- The Dinosaur and the BabyĀ (1967), a conversation between Jean-Luc Godard and Fritz Lang
- Two documentaries featuring Godard on the set ofĀ Contempt:Ā Bardot et GodardĀ andĀ Paparazzi
- Jean-Luc Godard interview excerpt from 1964
- Interview with cinematographer Raoul Coutard
- Original theatrical trailer
- Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
Cover by Michael Boland, based on a theatrical poster by Giuliano Nistri
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Jean-Luc Godardās subversive foray into commercial filmmaking is a star-studded Cinemascope epic.Ā ContemptĀ (Le MĆ©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 ofĀ The Odyssey.Ā The Criterion Collection is proud to present this brilliant study of marital breakdown, artistic compromise, and the cinematic process in a new special edition.
TWO-DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- Digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Raoul Coutard
- Audio commentary by film scholar Robert Stam
- The Dinosaur and the BabyĀ (1967), a conversation between Jean-Luc Godard and Fritz Lang
- Two documentaries featuring Godard on the set ofĀ Contempt:Ā Bardot et GodardĀ andĀ Paparazzi
- Jean-Luc Godard interview excerpt from 1964
- Interview with cinematographer Raoul Coutard
- Original theatrical trailer
- Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
Cover by Michael Boland, based on a theatrical poster by Giuliano Nistri
