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Contempt [Special Edition]

DVD/APPROX. 104 MINS./1963/US NR

Main feature:

Release Dec 10, 2002
Video Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Anamorphic - Enhanced for Widescreen TVs.
Audio English: Dolby Digital 1.0
French: Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles English
Studio Criterion/Voyager
Year 1963
Genre Drama

Special features:

  • Disc One:
  • New High-definition Digital Transfer, Supervised By Cinematographer Raoul Coutard And Enhanced For Widescreen Televisions
  • Audio Commentary By Film Scholar Robert Stam
  • Disc Two:
  • The Dinosaur And The Baby(1967), A Conversation Between Jean-Luc Godard And Fritz Lang (60 Minutes)
  • Encounter With Fritz Lang (1963), A Short Film By Peter Fleischmann
  • Two 1963 Documentaries By Jacques Rozier, Featuring Godard on the Set of Contempt: Bardot Et Godard (8 Minutes) and Paparazzi(18 Minutes)
  • 1964 Jean-Luc Godard Interview Excerpt From The French Television Program Cinepanorama.
  • New Video Interview With Legendary Cinematographer Raoul Coutard
  • Widescreen vs. Fullscreen Demonstration
  • Original Theatrical Trailer

Synopsis:



The Criterion Collection. A Film By Jean-Luc Godard, starring Bridget Bardot.

Jean-Luc Godard's subversive foray into commercial filmmaking is a star-studded Cinemascope epic. Contempt (Le Mepris) 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. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this brilliant study of marital breakdown, artistic compromise, and the cinematic process in a new special edition.

Cast and Crew:

Criterion/Voyager presents
Brigitte BardotSIR IAN MC KELLENJack PalanceMichel Piccoli"Contempt"
Written byPaul D. ZimmermanWritten byAlberto Moraviaproduced byGeorges De Beauregard
directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Production Year: 1963

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