Fresh
Possibly Godard's most melancholy film and probably his most beautiful ...
Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice
Contempt
More bold! More brazen! And much, much more Bardot!
1963 · 1h 43m · Not Rated
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Jean-Luc Godard
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Contempt
Overview
Art film producer Jeremy Prokosch, unhappy with the work of his director, hires Fritz Lang (as himself) to direct an adaptation of The Odyssey, but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb, he brings in a screenwriter to energise the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.
Director and cast
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92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
What's the price of selling out? Contempt asks the question of its characters, its audience, and its own director.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Fresh
Godard has finally dared to get serious, achieving not mock pathos but a perfect tragedy.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Rotten
Godard sets interesting scenes, with provocative color combinations and a suggestive pictorial flow. But out of it all comes nothing -- or very little that tells you why this wife is so contemptuous of her husband. Maybe he should be contemptuous of her!
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
Inevitably a melancholy film, but a memorable one as well.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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