Contempt
More bold! More brazen! And much, much more Bardot!
More bold! More brazen! And much, much more Bardot!
Drama, Romance
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1963
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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.
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Runtime:
103 min
Release date:
29 Oct 1963
Country:
FR, IT
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian
Budget:
$900,000
Revenue:
$528,428
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Possibly Godard's most melancholy film and probably his most beautiful ...
– Stephanie Zacharek,
Village Voice,
3 Sep 2013
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,
11 Apr 2008
fresh:
Godard has finally dared to get serious, achieving not mock pathos but a perfect tragedy.
– Joshua Rothkopf,
Time Out New York,
14 Mar 2008
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,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Inevitably a melancholy film, but a memorable one as well.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Feb 2001