Godard’s ‘Le Mépris (Contempt)’ Gets 4K UHD Treatment on September 12

Le Mépris (Contempt)

(1963) Celebrate the 60th anniversary of Jean-Luc Godard’s landmark movie with this first-ever 4K release. Weaving provocative storylines with a stunning visual style, “Le Mépris” is a movie within a movie. On the surface, the film is about a director (Michel Piccoli) whose wife Camille (screen legend Brigitte Bardot) falls out of love with him while he rewrites an adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey for an American producer (Jack Palance). But underneath this tale of a doomed romance lies Godard’s true subject: the commercial film industry, which he skewers in an unforgettable tour de force that is subversive, darkly comic, and completely original.

Formats: 4K Ultra HD + Digital. A 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo limited edition will be available September 26.

Extras: Special introduction by Colin MacCabe, an academic, film producer, and author of “Godard: A Portrait of the Artist at Seventy.”

(Lionsgate).