Le mépris Contempt / Studio Canal ; Cocinor présente a film by Jean-Luc Godard ; Georges de Beauregard and Carlo Ponti produced it for Rome-Paris Films, Films Concordia, and Compagnia Cinematografia Champion

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Subjects: Man-woman relationships--Italy--Capri Island--Drama
Screenwriters--Italy--Capri Island--Drama
Marriage--Drama
Motion picture producers and directors--Drama
Adultery--Drama
Formats: Video Recording, DVD
Material Type: Projected medium -- Monograph
Language: French, English, Summary is in English, Dubbed in: English
Audience: General
Edition: Special ed., RSDL dual-layer ed
Published: [United States] : Criterion Collection, c2002
Series: The Criterion collection 171
The classic collection
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) 171
Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
LC Classification: P, PN
Added Titles: Moravia, Alberto, 1907-1990 Disprezzo
Alternate Titles: Disc title: Contempt
Additional Authors: Ponti, Carlo, 1913-
Godard, Jean Luc, 1930-
Bardot, Brigitte
Piccoli, Michel, 1925-
Palance, Jack, 1920-
Moll, Giorgia
Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976
Coutard, Raoul
Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992
Compagnia Cinematografica Champion
Films Concordia (Paris, France)
Rome Paris Films
Notes: ISBN: 0780026179
UPC: 037429173121
Videorecording number: CON110
DVD
French dialogue, English subtitles; optional English-dubbed soundtrack
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, Fritz Lang
Credits: Cinematography, Raoul Coutard ; editor, Agnès Guillemot, Issa Clubb (Coutard interview) ; music, Georges Delerue ; camera, André Bonzel (Coutard interview)
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963
Based on the novel Il disprezzo by Alberto Moravia
Special features: audio commentary by film scholar Robert Stam; improved English subtitle translation; two 1963 documentaries by Jacques Rozier from the set Bardot et Godard (8 min.) and Paparazzi (18 min.) ; 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; interview with Raoul Coutard; excerpt from an interview between François Chalais and Jean-Luc Godard about the film; theatrical trailer
Second series and first series numbering from container
2.35:1 aspect ratio; enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs
Recorded in Dolby digital mono
Program notes by Phillip Lopate inserted in container
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
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
OCLC Number: 50800430
ISBN/ISSN: 0780026179
0374291731
CON110

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