Contempt (film)
Contempt released in the UK as French Le Mpris is a 1963 French satirical drama film written and directed by JeanLuc Godard, based on the Italian novel Il disprezzo A Ghost at Noon by Alberto Moravia. It stars Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, and Giorgia Moll.
American film producer Jeremy Prokosch Jack Palance hires respected Austrian director Fritz Lang playing himself to direct a film adaptation of Homers Odyssey. Dissatisfied with Langs treatment of the material as an art film, Prokosch hires Paul Javal Michel Piccoli, a novelist and playwright, to rework the script. The conflict between artistic expression and commercial opportunity parallels Pauls sudden estrangement from his wife Camille Javal Brigitte Bardot, who becomes aloof with Paul after he leaves her alone with Prokosch, a millionaire playboy.While founded on Alberto Moravias story of the progressive estrangement between a husband and wife, Godards version also contains deliberate parallels with aspects of his own life while Paul, Camille, and Prokosch correspond to Ulysses, Penelope, and Poseidon, respectively, they also correspond in some ways with Godard, his wife Anna Karina his choice of female lead, and Joseph E. Levine, the films distributor. At one point Bardot dons a black wig, which gives her a resemblance to Karina. Michel Piccoli also bears some resemblance to Brigitte Bardots exhusband, the filmmaker Roger Vadim. ........
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