| Edition |
Special édition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 171 |
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Classic collection |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 171.
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Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963. |
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Based on the novel Il disprezzo by Alberto Moravia. |
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Special features: Audio commentary by film scholar Robert Stam; 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. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Language |
French or dubbed English dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Local Note |
Some of the Simsbury Public Library items are are part of the Hayes Collection. |
| Subject |
Man-woman relationships -- Italy -- Capri Island -- Drama.
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Screenwriters -- Italy -- Capri Island -- Drama.
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Marriage -- Drama.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- Drama.
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Adultery -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Ponti, Carlo, 1912-2007.
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Godard, Jean-Luc, 1930-2022
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Bardot, Brigitte.
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Piccoli, Michel, 1925-2020
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Palance, Jack, 1919-2006.
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Moll, Giorgia, 1938-
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Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976.
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Coutard, Raoul.
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Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992.
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Moravia, Alberto, 1907-1990
Disprezzo.
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Compagnia Cinematografica Champion.
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Films Concordia (Paris, France)
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Rome Paris Films.
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| ISBN |
0780026179 |
| Standard No. |
037429173121 |
| Music No. |
CON110 Criterion Collection |
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