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.
| Format | Video (DVD) |
| Edition | Special ed., RSDL dual-layer ed. |
| Publication Info | [United States] : Criterion Collection, ©2002. |
| Description | 2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Ponti, Carlo, 1912-2007. |
| Other author/creator | Godard, Jean-Luc, 1930-2022 |
| Other author/creator | Bardot, Brigitte. |
| Other author/creator | Piccoli, Michel, 1925-2020 |
| Other author/creator | Palance, Jack, 1919-2006. |
| Other author/creator | Moll, Giorgia. |
| Other author/creator | Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976. |
| Other author/creator | Coutard, Raoul. |
| Other author/creator | Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992. |
| Other author/creator | Moravia, Alberto, 1907-1990 Disprezzo. |
| Other author/creator | Compagnia Cinematografica Champion. |
| Other author/creator | Films Concordia (Paris, France) |
| Other author/creator | Rome Paris Films. |
| Variant title | Disc title: Contempt |
| Series | The Criterion collection ; 171 The classic collection Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 171. ^A506835 Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.) ^A490524 |
| Abstract | 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. |
| General note | Originally produced as a French motion picture in 1963. |
| General note | Based on the novel Il disprezzo by Alberto Moravia. |
| General note | 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. |
| General note | Second series and first series numbering from container. |
| General note | 2.35:1 aspect ratio; enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs. |
| General note | Recorded in Dolby digital mono. |
| General note | Program notes by Phillip Lopate inserted in container. |
| Credits | Cinematography, Raoul Coutard ; editor, Agnès Guillemot, Issa Clubb (Coutard interview) ; music, Georges Delerue ; camera, André Bonzel (Coutard interview). |
| Cast | Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, Fritz Lang. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Language | French dialogue, English subtitles; optional English-dubbed soundtrack. |
| ISBN | 0780026179 |
| UPC | 037429173121 |