103 mins |
Rated
M
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Starring Michel Piccoli, Fritz Lang, Jack Palance, Brigitte Bardot, Giorgia Moll
Playing as part of our WET HOT ACADEMY SUMMER series of classics!
'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. '
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Playing as part of our WET HOT ACADEMY SUMMER series of classics!
'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. '