The Backlot Perth

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Book to Film returns to The Backlot Perth this Sunday June 14, 2pm with what many believe is the coolest film of all time.

Contempt (Jean-Luc Godard France 1963 101 mins). To honour the passing of the controversial Brigitte Bardot, Book to Film presents Jean-Luc Godard’s Contempt based on Alberto Morovia’s eponymous novel. Moravia’s work examined modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism, and aside from Godard, the Italian novelist’s work was favoured by other contemporary directors such as Bertolucci and Vittorio De Sica.

Bardot plays the wife of an ambitious young French playwright Paul Javal (Michel Piccoli), who has been asked to write an adaption of Homer’s The Odyssey for the German director Fritz Lang (Lang plays himself in the film). Jerry Prokosch (Jack Palance) is the crass American producer of the film with a predatory interest in the script writer’s wife.

As one critic observed, the film is ‘A seminal entry in the sub-genre of ugly things happening to beautiful people in beautiful places, Jean-Luc Godard’s Contempt is an epic Greek tragedy disguised as a big-budget arthouse melodrama.’ The film is often seen as a subversive comment on film making and the financial demands of producers where ‘Godard plays tricks with the camera and story, zooming in on a troubled marriage and out to examine the impossible demands of balancing commerce with art.’

This session will be presented by John Newman and Michael O’Rourke who will host a discussion after the screening.

Alberto Moravia’s Contempt is available in paperback and Kindle.

Doors/Bar 2.30pm Film 3.00pm and tix at Eventbrite.

Join us exclusively in WA at The Backlot tonite for the sensational Tamil Bollywood release Parimala and Co.

A family entertainer about a happy, fun-loving family that gets entangled in a murder. Though they stand united, every family member hides secrets of their own. As investigation officer Emperumaan (Myskkin) digs deeper, lies, panic, and chaos takeover their lives. But how long can they stay together before the truth comes out?

Doors/Bar 8.30pm Film 9.00pm. Contact 0410141400 for ticket details.

Zeron Morris