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Le mépris : Contempt /

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Asked to write a screenplay for an American producer, a young French dramatist and his wife visit the producer's villa in Capri. There the wife and producer engage in an affair, and she decides to leave her husband. However, something quite unexpected happens.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Mépris (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Studio Canal+, Cocinor (Firm), Rome Paris Films, Films Concordia (Paris, France), Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Ponti, Carlo, 1912-2007, Godard, Jean-Luc, 1930-, Bardot, Brigitte, Piccoli, Michel, 1925-2020, Palance, Jack, 1919-2006, Moll, Giorgia, Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976, Moravia, Alberto, 1907-1990
Format: Video DVD
Language:French
English
Language Notes:Soundtracks: French with optional English subtitles and optional English-dubbed.
Published: [United States] : Criterion Collection, [2002]
Edition:Special ed., RSDL dual-layer ed.
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 171.
Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
Subjects:
Man-woman relationships > Italy > Capri Island > Drama.
Screenwriters > Italy > Capri Island > Drama.
Marriage > Drama.
Motion picture producers and directors > Drama.
Adultery > Drama.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, French.
Motion pictures, Italian.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:Asked to write a screenplay for an American producer, a young French dramatist and his wife visit the producer's villa in Capri. There the wife and producer engage in an affair, and she decides to leave her husband. However, something quite unexpected happens.
Item Description:Program notes by Phillip Lopate inserted in container.
Based on the novel: Il disprezzo / by Alberto Moravia.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963.
A foreign film (France).
Aspect ratio 2.35:1; enhanced for 16:9 TVs.
Special features: disc 1. New high-definition digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Raoul Coutard and enhanced for widescreen televisions ; Audio commentary by film scholar Robert Stam ; New and improved English subtitle translation -- disc 2. The dinosaur and the baby (1967), a conversation between Jean-Luc Godard and Fritz Lang (60 min.) ; Encounter with Fritz Lang (1963), a short film by Peter Fleischmann ; Two 1963 documentaries by Jacques Rozier featuring Godard on the set of Contempt: Bardot et Godard (8 min.) and Paparazzi (18 min.) ; 1964 Jean-Luc Godard interview excerpt from the French television program Cinepanorama ; New video interview with legendary cinematographer Raoul Coutard ; Widescreen vs. full-frame demonstration ; Original theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet ([10] pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Format:DVD; Dolby digital mono.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Raoul Coutard ; editor, Agnès Guillemot, Issa Clubb (Coutard interview) ; music, Georges Delerue ; camera, André Bonzel (Coutard interview).
ISBN:0780026179