Le Mepris DVD

'Le Mépris' Director: Jean-Luc Godard (1963) French w/ English subtitles| 60th Anniversary Restoration | includes introduction by Colin McCabe and featurettes

Art vs commerce and a disintegrating marriage on Capri. A writer is engrossed in re-writing a film script to meet finaciers demands leaving him oblivious to his wife's unhappiness and the American film producer's interest in her. A visually beautiful film and an affecting drama. Godard wittily plays with the structures and conventions of filmmaking. Starring Michel Piccoli, Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Fritz Lang(!)