Brigitte Bardot, Fritz Lang, Giorgia Moll
Paul Javal, a writer, is hired to work out a script for the new movie about Ulisses, directed by Fritz Lang and produced by Prokosch. Because he let his wife Camille drive with Prokosch, and he is lat...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 26, 2002
Stats: 588 reviews
godard's proclaimed "failed experiment" with a big budget about a troubled couple and a troubled film project about ulisses. the characters are alternate versions of the characters from the odyssey. certain scenes reflect actual events during the course of the making of the film....( read more)
Although, visually, it is highly poetic, and although Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, and Fritz Lang shine in certain scenes, Le Mepris drags its confusing message for an hour and a half of creative editing and stunning cinematography.
Apparently, Godard's film is a critic to...( read more)
Yeah yeah, Hollywood producers are dicks, not good for real artists like Godard, what else is new?
First movie i tried to watch from Godard, and yes, i used "tried" in the best way possible. I'll stick with what Herzog thinks about that french snob.
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come un'idiota, non mi sono documentata prima: la versione italiana, completamente doppiata e assai modificata, fa schifo.
Starts with rich promise, with astonishingly beautiful photography and interesting dynamics. It quickly wastes this potential, however, on a boring relationship melodrama that's so insipid, uninteresting and even irritating that I almost fell asleep. Has some interesting elements...( read more)
I'm such a heretic on this one; there are many more Godards I like much better than this. There's a beauty to this movie, but the only thing in it that rings somewhat true is its dissection of a failing marriage, and yet one has to sort of care about the spouses, which, frankly, ...( read more)
Is it possible for one human being to understand another human being? Can we communicate successfully? Well this film sure can. Watch it if you want to learn about life, love, humanity, making movies, etc...etc.
Contempt was Jean-Luc Godard's 1963 attempt at a big-budget, big- star production, and more or less satisfied his curiosity. full review
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