Film Screening: Contempt

When

Sunday, November 8, 6:30 PM

Where

BAMPFA, Berkeley, CA

Price

Price not listed

Listed by

Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive

Source fetched

Mon, Nov 2

In Italy, Fritz Lang is shooting The Odyssey for an American producer (Jack Palance). Fritz mourns classical culture but will settle for swords and sandals; like The Odyssey , Contempt is about man against circumstances, and such is the circumstance of cinema. The screenwriter, Paul (Michel Piccoli), meanwhile, becomes lost in Rome, and during his odyssey…

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