(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Movie: “Contempt” (“Le Mépris“)Where You Can Stream It: The Criterion ChannelThe Pitch: A French screenwriter, Paul (Michel Piccoli), sees his marriage break down as an American producer enlists him to rewrite a film adaptation of Homer’s “Odyssey.” Jack Palance plays the producer, whose prurient interest in Paul’s wife, Camille (Brigitte Bardot) is just one meta facet of “Contempt,” Jean-Luc Godard’s first big-budget film and the only one he made with an…The post The Daily Stream: Contempt Is a Gateway to Godard and the French New Wave appeared first on /Film.
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