Contempt
– A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his di..
A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang (as himself) to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.
18 Dec 1964
French, English, German, Italian
Jean-Luc Godard
Alberto Moravia (novel)
Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll
Paul Javal is a writer who is hired to make a script for a new movie about Ulysses more commercial, which is to be directed by Fritz Lang and produced by Jeremy Prokosch. But because he let his wife Camille drive with Prokosch and he is late, she believes, he uses her as a sort of present for Prokosch to get get a better payment. So the relationship ends.
$39,199
Rialto Pictures