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Contempt (film)

CastBrigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Fritz Lang, Giorgia Moll, Jean-Luc Godard
Year released1963
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Screenwriter Paul Javal tells film producer Jeremy Prokosch, "In ‘33 Goebbels asked Lang to head the German film industry." (0:09)

Posters: Vanina Vanini, Hatari! (0:21)

Director Fritz Lang tells Paul’s wife Camille, "I prefer M.”
Camille: ”Your M?” (0:22)

Paul tells Camille, "You’re being an idiot." (0:32)

Camille tells Paul, referring to Jeremy, "He’s crazy." (0:35)

Paul tells Camille, "Rio Bravo is playing in town."
”So is Nicholas Ray’s Bigger Than Life.” (0:36)

Paul tells Camille, "It’s just to look like Dean Martin in Some Came Running." (0:41)

Camille tells Paul,"You’re out of your mind, old man."
Paul: ”Is that why you’re in a bad mood?” (0:47)

Camille "in the hope of rationalizing what feelings have made murky." (0:58)

Camille tells Paul, "I find this all so idiotic." (1:00)

Camille asks Paul, "Are you nuts?"
“You’re crazy, but you’re smart.” (1:04)

Poster for Viaggio in Italia (1:15)

Lang, referring to Ulysses: "He’s not modern day neurotic, but a simple, clever and robust man." (1:20)

Paul tells Jeremy, "That’s why I’m in a bad mood." (1:28)

Paul tells Camille, "This is crazy." (1:34)

Jeremy tells Camille, "You’re crazy. You’re out of your head." (1:38)

Reference in The Emperor's Club

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