1963 · drama · french
Contempt
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard1h 43m1963
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.
Our read: Contempt (1963) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · french entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, gentle drama / french, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- bleak
- signature
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