Contempt
Jean-Luc Godard’s subversive foray into commercial filmmaking is a star-studded Cinemascope epic. Contempt (Le Mépris) 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.
Special Features
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET:
- New high-definition digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Raoul Coutard and enhanced for widescreen televisions
- Audio commentary by film scholar Robert Stam
- The Dinosaur and the Baby (1967): a conversation between Jean-Luc Godard and Fritz Lang (61 minutes)
- Two documentaries featuring Godard on the set of Contempt: Bardot et Godard (8 minutes) and Paparazzi (22 minutes)
- Jean-Luc Godard interview excerpt (1964)
- A new video interview with legendary cinematographer Raoul Coutard
- Original theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
Cover design by Michael Boland, based on a theatrical poster
Special Features
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET:
- New high-definition digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Raoul Coutard and enhanced for widescreen televisions
- Audio commentary by film scholar Robert Stam
- The Dinosaur and the Baby (1967): a conversation between Jean-Luc Godard and Fritz Lang (61 minutes)
- Two documentaries featuring Godard on the set of Contempt: Bardot et Godard (8 minutes) and Paparazzi (22 minutes)
- Jean-Luc Godard interview excerpt (1964)
- A new video interview with legendary cinematographer Raoul Coutard
- Original theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
Cover design by Michael Boland, based on a theatrical poster
Cast
- Brigitte Bardot
- Camille Javal
- Michel Piccoli
- Paul Javal
- Jack Palance
- Jeremiah Prokosch
- Georgia Moll
- Francesca Vanini
- Fritz Lang
- Himself
Credits
- Director
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Screenplay
- Jean-Luc Godard
- From a novel by
- Alberto Moravia
- Cinematography
- Raoul Coutard
- Screenplay
- Alberto Moravia
- Producer
- Georges de Beauregard
- Producer
- Carlo Ponti
- Producer
- Joseph E. Levine
- Music
- Georges Delerue
- Sound
- William Sivel
- Editing
- Agnès Guillemot
- Unit managers
- Philippe Dussart
- Unit managers
- Carlo Lastricati
