Contempt
Le Mépris
1963FranceLanguage: frDirected by Jean-Luc Godard★ 7
Available in English: subtitled
A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.
Themes and style
Tone
melancholiccold and detachedhauntingquietly devastating
Pacing
slow burnmethodicaldreamlike
Story
unravelingjourney
Emotion
all-consuming loveloss of innocencelongingfiguring out who you aregrief
Themes
class and moneymen and women navigating expectationscaught between worldscorrupt institutions
Feel
cerebralquietly hauntingdiscussion starteremotionally wrecking
Violence
suggestive