Contempt ( Le Mépris ) is a 1963 French film directed and written by Jean-Luc Godard (IEI) , the most "conventional" and most expensive of his films, with the script following closely the general plot of the novel Il disprezzo by Alberto Moravia. Godard was reportedly unhappy with the whole experience of making a conventional movie with his freedom limited by the producers; he also thought little of the novel. Be that as it may (or maybe because of it), I have found that the insights of the film and the points it seems to make, although not immediately explicit and often confusing for audiences, are made clear by socionics analysis. The basic story is simple ( spoilers follow ): the French couple Paul and Camille Javal (played by Michel Piccoli and Brigitte Bardot) live in Rome. Paul, whose goal is to establish himself as a serious playwright, still needs to make a living by writing crime novels and as a screenwriter-for-hire for the Italian film industry, having w...
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