Contempt ( Criterion Collection; 2-Disc Set; Widescreen ) (US Version) DVD Region 1

Jean-Luc Godard's cynical look at the art of filmmaking follows a screenwriter in his attempts to recount Homer's THE ODYSSEY. Full of insights into the compromises required of filmmakers, as well as autobiographical allusions, especially concerning the failed union of Godard and actress Anna Karina, 1964's CONTEMPT is one of the most widely recognized films about the filmmaking process. It is also considered the film that made Godard realize that lavish productions were not for him, sending him back into a lower-budget world where he could maintain complete control over his films. Shot in glorious CinemaScope by Raoul Coutard, CONTEMPT is a poignant artistic commentary and a dramatic exposé of a dying marriage. Paul Javal (Michel Piccoli) is struggling with Jeremy Prokosch (Jack Palance), the manipulative American producer financing his big-budget venture, and is frustrated by Fritz Lang (playing himself), the film's egotistical director. Concomitantly, his marriage to his gorgeous wife Camille (Brigitte Bardot) founders, and the emotional distance between them weighs heavily upon him.

"...[Bardot] seems very natural..." - Roger, Ebert (Critic and screenwriter), Chicago Sun-Times, 09/05/1997

"Godard's masterpiece works on several levels: as a self-reflexive satire about filmmaking, as a study of relationship in its dying throes and as a reworking of a classical myth." - Geoffrey, Macnab (Sight And Sound Critic), Sight and Sound, 02/01/2004

"Sardonically scripted, it was shot in luminous Mediterranean locales..." - Philip, Kemp (Sight And Sound Critic), Total Film, 02/01/2004

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Product Title:	Contempt ( Criterion Collection; 2-Disc Set; Widescreen ) (US Version) Contempt ( Criterion Collection; 2-Disc Set; Widescreen ) (US Version) Contempt ( Criterion Collection; 2-Disc Set; Widescreen ) (US Version) Contempt ( Criterion Collection; 2-Disc Set; Widescreen ) (US Version) Contempt ( Criterion Collection; 2-Disc Set; Widescreen ) (US Version)
Also known as:	Le Mepris Le Mepris Le Mepris Le Mepris Le Mepris
Artist Name(s):	Jack Palance (Actor) | Brigitte Bardot (Actor) | Giorgia Moll (Actor) | Michel Piccoli | Eleanora Brown | Georges Delerue 積柏倫斯 (Actor) | Brigitte Bardot (Actor) | Giorgia Moll (Actor) | Michel Piccoli | Eleanora Brown | Georges Delerue 积柏伦斯 (Actor) | Brigitte Bardot (Actor) | Giorgia Moll (Actor) | Michel Piccoli | Eleanora Brown | Georges Delerue Jack Palance (Actor) | Ｂｒｉｇｉｔｔｅ Ｂａｒｄｏｔ (Actor) | Giorgia Moll (Actor) | Michel Piccoli | Eleanora Brown | Georges Delerue Jack Palance (Actor) | Brigitte Bardot (Actor) | Giorgia Moll (Actor) | Michel Piccoli | Eleanora Brown | Georges Delerue
Director:	Jean-Luc Godard 尚盧高達 尚卢高达 Ｊｅａｎ－Ｌｕｃ Ｇｏｄａｒｄ Jean-Luc Godard
Producer:	Joseph E. Levine Joseph E. Levine Joseph E. Levine Joseph E. Levine Joseph E. Levine
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Release Date:	2002-12-10
UPC Code:	037429173121
Language:	French
Subtitles:	English, Slovak
Country of Origin:	France
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Aspect Ratio:	Letterboxed
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	Unrated
Publisher:	Criterion Collection
Other Information:	2 DVDs
Package Weight:	226 (g)
Shipment Unit:	2 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004356074

Director: Jean-Luc Godard

DVD Features:

Region 1
2-Disc Set

Disc One:
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Stereo 2.0 - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Robert Stam - Film Scholar

Disc Two:
Additional Release Material:
Featurettes - 1. CONTEMPT: BARDOT ET GODARD (8 Mins)
2. PAPARAZZI (22 Mins)
3. THE DINOSAUR AND THE BABY featuring Jean-Luc Godard and Fritz Lang (61 Mins)
Interviews - 1. Raoul Coutard - Director of Photography
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Text/Galleries:
Print Excerpt - 1. Interview - Jean-Luc Godard - Director (by Francois Chalais)