Movie

Contempt

1963 · 103 min

A cool, cerebral study of a marriage dissolving amid filmmaking, demanding patience but rewarding with visual beauty and emotional precision.

Tagline: More bold! More brazen! And much, much more Bardot!
Overview: Art film producer Jeremy Prokosch, unhappy with the work of his director, hires 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, he brings in a screenwriter to energise the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, cynical and romantic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Love, betrayal, art, identity
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
betrayal
art
identity
isolation
Places: big city
sea
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild