Le mépris (1963)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.7/10   

Director:

Jean-Luc Godard

Guionista:

Alberto Moravia (novel)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

18 diciembre 1964 (USA)

Género:

Drama

Frase comercial:

Bardot at her bold, bare and brazen best! Reveling in Rome, cavorting in Capri...jolting even the jaded international jet-set in her pursuit of love! [UK Theatrical]

Plot:

Paul Javal is a writer who is hired to make a script for a new movie about Ulysses more commercial,...

Plot Keywords:

Fritz Lang | Apartment | Marriage | American | Italy

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Godard's masterpiece is still captivating

Reparto

Brigitte Bardot	...	Camille Javal
Michel Piccoli	...	Paul Javal
Jack Palance	...	Jeremy Prokosch
Giorgia Moll	...	Francesca Vanini
Fritz Lang	...	Himself

También conocida como:

Contempt (USA)
Il disprezzo (Italy)
El desprecio (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

103 min | Finland:97 min | USA:102 min | Italy:82 min (re-edited version) (cut)

País:

France | Italy

Idioma:

Francés | Inglés | Alemán | Italiano

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Australia:PG | Argentina:16 | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:6 | Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | West Germany:16 | UK:AA (original rating)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Isle of Capri, Naples, Campania, Italy

Compañía:

Compagnia Cinematografica Champion

Errores:

Personal o Equipo Visible: While the camera follows Paul and Camille around their apartment, its shadow can be seen on a nearby wall for a few seconds.

Citas:

Camille Javal: You like all of me? My mouth? My eyes? My nose? And my ears?
Paul Javal: Yes, all of you.
Camille Javal: Then you love me... totally?
Paul Javal: Yes. Totally... tenderly... tragically.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in The Emperor's Club (2002)

Godard's masterpiece is still captivating

French cult-director Jean-Luc Godard made this masterpiece way in 1963 but it is still as captivating as it was then.

Featuring then superstar Brigitte Bardot and Michel Piccoli as her husband- screenwriter who is hired to write a screenplay based on the ancient Greek myth `The Oddysey'. The story deals with the creative process of filmmaking as viewed by Godard, but also focuses on the breakdown of a mariage by the growing contempt of Bardot for her husband , whom she feels is selling out to greedy US producer Jack Palance.

This is a superb movie, not only for the frequent nude shots of Bardot (don't miss the beginning) but also for the beautiful sundrenched photography by Raoul Coutard, appearing as himself during the spoken(!) opening credits, the brilliant lyrical soundtrack by Georges Delerue and the inclusion of legendary german director Fritz Lang (wearing a monocle!) as an almost godlike figure. It all contributes to the poetic and spellbounding atmosphere.

Godard, who briefly appears as the assistant-director to Lang, made this when he was at the peak of his craft and it is among one of his biggest commercial and artistic successes. He was one of the most prolific 'auteurs' of the Nouvelle-Vague ( others being Francois Truffaut and Jacques Rivette) but his career petered out by the end of the sixties.

He still is active though, occasionally turning out mildly interesting movies. By the way, in the Vittorio de Sica comedy `After the Fox' (1966), Peter Sellers delivers a great parody number based on the Godard figure.

Brigitte Bardot was then also at the height of her popularity, reaching sometimes hysterical proportions. The filming was frequently interrupted and even delayed considerably by the intrusions of the Italian paparazzi. Incidentally, in the same year when Contempt was released she also appeared as herself in the US comedy `Dear Brigitte', where a schoolboy is completely smitten with her and desperately tries to get a date. His dad is played by James Stewart !

Try to see it in letterbox format, which gives full credit to the excellent use of the Cinemascope format.

10/10