Le mepris (Contempt) (1963)






Screenwriter Paul Javal's marriage to his wife Camille disintegrates during movie production as she spends time with the producer. Layered conflicts between art and business ensue.


Screenplay

Jean-Luc Godard
Le Mépris
Paris, 1992

Books with substantial mentioning of Le mepris (Contempt)

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Jürgen Müller (ed.)
Movies of the 60s
Köln, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Tokyo, 2005

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Tony Crawley
Bébé, The Films of Brigitte Bardot
Secaucus, N.J., 1975

Reviews

Colin MacCabe, Le Mépris, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 9 (September), 1996 pp. 55-56

IF, Le Mepris, in: Empire, nr. 320 (February), 2016 pp. 47



Year: 1963
Country: France
Italy
Language: French
English
German
Italian
 
IMDb: 0057345