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Play Dates

60TH ANNIVERSARY 4K RESTORATION

HELD OVER! June 30 – September 21        New York, NY        FILM FORUM

September 5        Huntington, NY        CINEMA ARTS CENTRE

September 8 – 10        Dallas, TX        TEXAS THEATRE

September 8 – 14        Portland, OR        CINEMA 21

September 8 – 14        Pelham, NY        THE PICTUREHOUSE

September 8 – 14        Atlanta, GA        PLAZA THEATRE

September 8 – 14     Omaha, NE     FILM STREAMS RUTH SOKOLOF THEATRE

September 15        Madison, WI        UW CINEMATHEQUE

September 15 – 21        Millerton, NY        THE MOVIEHOUSE

September 15 – 21        Bedford, NY        BEDFORD PLAYHOUSE

September 15 – 21        Asheville, NC        FINE ARTS THEATRE

September 15 – 21        Rhinebeck, NY        UPSTATE FILMS STARR CINEMA

September 15 – 21        Newburyport, MA        THE SCREENING ROOM


September 16        Austin, TX        AUSTIN FILM SOCIETY

September 16        Winnipeg, MB        WINNIPEG FILM GROUP

September 16 – 19        Tampa, FL        TAMPA THEATRE

September 22        Berkeley, CA        BAMPFA
Rialto at 25

September 22 – 28        Pleasantville, NY        JACOB BURNS FILM CENTER

September 22 – 28        Indianapolis, IN        KAN-KAN CINEMA

September 22, 24, & 28        Kingston, ON        THE SCREENING ROOM


October 1 – 2        Larkspur, CA        THE LARK THEATER

October 3        Stamford, CT        AVON THEATRE

October 3        Lewisburg, PA        CAMPUS THEATRE

October 14 & 22        Ithaca, NY        CORNELL CINEMA

October 24        Denver, CO        SIE FILMCENTER

October 25 – 26        San Francisco, CA        VOGUE THEATRE

November 5        Montclair, NJ        THE CLAIRDIGE


November 5 & 14        Amherst, MA        AMHERST CINEMA

November 10 & 12        Detroit, MI        DETROIT FILM THEATRE

November 17 – 19        Flint, MI        FLINT INSTITUTE OF ARTS

November 19 – 20, 22 – 23   Salt Lake City, UT   BROADWAY CENTRE CINEMAS

Contempt Play Dates

Poster by Laurent Durieux

About

France, 1963
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Producer: Georges de Beauregard, Carlo Ponti
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli, Fritz Lang
Screenwriter: Jean-Luc Godard
Based on the novel by Alberto Moravia
Cinematography: Raoul Coutard
Music: Georges Delerue
Genre: Drama
Color
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 (Franscope)
Language: French with English subtitles
Running Time: 103 minutes

Synopsis:
Scenes from a marital breakdown between screenwriter (Michel Piccoli) and his wife (Brigitte Bardot), as both become enmeshed in the behind-the-camera struggles of a director (Fritz Lang) and producer (Jack Palance) as they film an adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey.

Restoration:
Restored and digitized in 4K by Studiocanal at Hiventy with support from the CNC, from the original 35mm negative, interpositive, and reference print by Raoul Coutard.

Reviews and Quotes 2

"Its audacity is BREATHTAKING!"
— Terrence Rafferty, The New York Times

"SPLENDID, PROPHETIC,
VISUALLY RAVISHING...
This pop-art masterpiece is still light years ahead of its time."
— J. Hoberman

"BARDOT + GODARD =
MOVIE GREATNESS!"
Time Out New York

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