Le Mepris
1963
Widely acknowledged as a classic, LE MEPRIS is the story of Paul, a writer, and Camille, a couple in a tempestuous marriage. When Paul accepts a job to review a big screen version of Homer's Odyssey, the arguments over how the script should turn out mirror the arguments in Paul's relationship. Read more
| Starring | Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli |
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| Director | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Le Mepris
Widely acknowledged as a classic, LE MEPRIS is the story of Paul, a writer, and Camille, a couple in a tempestuous marriage. When Paul accepts a job to review a big screen version of Homer's Odyssey, the arguments over how the script should turn out mirror the arguments in Paul's relationship.
| Starring | Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli |
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| Director | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Studio | OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 43 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French Blu-ray: French |
| Subtitles | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 26 Jan 2004 Blu-ray: 28 Sep 2009 Production year: 1963 |
| Format | DVD |
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Jean-Luc Godard's weird satire on Hollywood's invasion of Europe stars Jack Palance as the American producer who says: “When I hear the word culture I reach for my cheque book.” Fritz Lang plays the director of an intended version of Homer's Odyssey, while the sex interest is provided by — who else? — Brigitte Bardot. It sounds relatively straightforward, and probably would be if Godard didn't veer off at tangents in his desperate attempt to retain his modishness and not be swamped by his biggest budget and cast to date.
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A film about - among other things - integrity. The basic situation, faithfully adapted from Moravia's novel A Ghost... read more on Time Out
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9 out of 11 people found this review helpful
Non-vintage Goddard
This film may not be up to vintage Godard from the French new Wave, but it is still a fine example of 60s cinema. The quality of the print and extras are great too. Worth seeing for the stars, Bardot, Jack Palance and the wonderful Fritz Lang. Much better than many of todays blockbusters. Worth renting for the stunning scenery of Capri if nothing else.
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Uninvolving
The dvd allows you to select the French language version, with English subtitles if you want them.This is much better than the dubbed-English version, which for one thing misses the point that the Pallance character speaks only English, that Fritz Lang prefers German. Oddly the Italian film crew speak Italian but Bardot, who is presumably playing a local Roman girl, speaks French. Even in this version however the scenes between Bardot and her husband fail to take off, and as Bardot's falling out of love is the main story this is a setback. The other theme - movie-making - is but a shadow of Truffaut's 'Day for Night'. The extra feature about the paparazzi feeding frenzy when the unit was on location at Capri is entertaining. Capri looks stunning.
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- 12 Mar 2007
The producers of Factory Girl, which opens in cinemas this Friday, did one smart thing. They found a genuine twenty-first century It Girl (Sienna 'Drugs are f*** loads of fun' Miller) to play a 1960s variety (Edie 'Sex and speed. Wow' Sedgwick). But what is 'It', and who else has got 'It'? Sienna herself is not much help ('I've never understood the definition,' she told a USA Today reporter recently.) But then neither was Clara Bow, the original It Girl back in 1927, who also claimed not to... Read more
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Le Mepris
Widely acknowledged as a classic, LE MEPRIS is the story of Paul, a writer, and Camille, a couple in a tempestuous marriage. When Paul accepts a job to review a big screen version of Homer's Odyssey, the arguments over how the script should turn out mirror the arguments in Paul's relationship....
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