Rent Contempt (1963)

3.2 of 5 from 182 ratings
1h 39min
Rent Contempt (aka Le Mepris) Online DVD & Blu-ray Rental
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Synopsis:
Camille falls out of love with her husband Paul while he is rewriting the screenplay Odyssey by American producer Jeremiah Prokosch. 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 Mepris itself is an examination of the position of the filmmaker in the commercial cinema industry.
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Georges de Beauregard, Carlo Ponti, Joseph E. Levine
Writers:
Alberto Moravia
Aka:
Le Mepris
Studio:
Momentum
Genres:
Classics, Drama
Collections:
10 Films to Watch if You Like: Day For Night, A History of Films about Film: Part 2, A Brief History of Pantomime Stories on Film: Part 1, A History of Cinemas in Films, Cinema Paradiso's 2024 Centenary Club: Part 2, Films to Watch If You Like..., A Brief History of Film..., The Instant Expert's Guide to: Miloš Forman
Countries:
France
BBFC:
Release Date:
26/01/2004
Run Time:
99 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, French Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, German Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
Subtitles:
English, German, Portuguese, Spanish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Documentary: Bardot & Godard (8 mins)
  • Documentary: Paparazzi (21 mins)
  • Trailer
BBFC:
Release Date:
28/09/2009
Run Time:
103 minutes
Languages:
Castilian Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono, English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono, French DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono, German DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
Subtitles:
Castillian, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, German, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • Introduction by Colin MacCabe, Godard expert
  • 'Once Upon A Time There Was...Contempt': Documentary on the film 'Contempt...Tenderly': Documentary on the film
  • Conversation with Fritz Lang
  • 'The Dinosaur and the Baby': Discussion between Directors Jean-Luc Godard and Fritz Lang
  • Trailer
  • BD-Live (HD)
BBFC:
Release Date:
26/06/2023
Run Time:
103 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles:
English
DVD Regions:
Region 0 (All)
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
(0) All
Bonus:
  • An introduction by Colin MacCabe
  • Paparazzi by Jacques Rozier
  • Bardot Godard: the party of things by Jacques Rozier

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Reviews (1) of Contempt

A film about film-making - Contempt review by LC

Spoiler Alert
02/08/2023

Clearly aimed at the literate arthouse crowd, this is a fascinating mix of high art and the banal. Every few minutes there is a flash of great photography, camera movement, or non-linear editing that keep this feeling fresh, experimental and bold. At the same time, the narrative (such as it is) is built around a series of interminable navel-gazing conversations between the main characters, that frequently circle around aimlessly for tens of minutes without actually progressing anywhere. The result is a film which is equal parts fascinating and boring. I think this may be my first Godard film - are they all like this?

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