To mark the 60th anniversary of one of the most notable examples of the French New Wave, STUDIOCANAL is delighted to announce a brand-new 4K restoration of LE MÉPRIS. Fresh from its inclusion in the Cannes Classic selection at this year’s festival, this landmark in world cinema from cinema’s original enfant terrible; Jean-Luc Godard will be available to own on 4K UHD for the first time, on Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital on 26 June.
To celebrate this release, Studiocanal have given us 2 copies of the film on Blu-ray to give away to 2 lucky readers.
More information on how to enter the competition can be found at the bottom of the page, but first let us tell you more about the prize.
Featuring the style icon Brigitte Bardot (And God Created Woman, Viva Maria!) as Camille, and legendary French talent Michel Piccoli (Belle De Jour, The Things of Live) as Paul, LE MÉPRIS boasts a strong and eclectic supporting cast featuring ‘master of darkness’ Director, Fritz Lang as himself, renowned American actor Jack Palance as Jeremy, and the infamous Giorgia Moll as Francesca. The restoration also features the original and unforgettable soundtrack, ‘Theme of Camille’, which has gained worldwide admiration in its own right, by multi award-winning composer, Georges Delerue.
Set around the extraordinary Villa Malaparte on Capri; LE MÉPRIS tells the tragic romance between Paul and his wife, Camille. Paul is enlisted the task of re-writing a film script. Whilst he becomes engrossed in writing, he appears oblivious to the film producer’s interest in his irresistibly beautiful wife, Camille. In turn, we witness the hurtful unfolding of Paul & Camille’s marriage.
Born in Paris in 1930, Jean-Luc Godard came from a bourgeois Franco-Swiss family, where he attended school until his parents divorced in 1948 and he moved to Paris. A contemporary of François Truffaut, Eric Rohmer and Jacques Rivette, Godard first became involved in cinema through literary criticism, writing several articles under the pseudonym Hans Lucas. After supplying funding to films by Rivette and Rohmer, with whom he had also founded a ‘Gazette du Cinema’ for their writing, Godard’s family withdrew their financial support, and he took to living a Bohemian lifestyle, often stealing food and money when necessary. After becoming a scriptwriter and having made several short films, Godard made his memorable directorial debut in 1959 with À Bout de Souffle, cementing his reputation (earned from his articles and screenplays) as being at the forefront of La Nouvelle Vague.
LE MÉPRIS is a welcome addition to the ever-growing VINTAGE WORLKD CINEMA collection.
ABOUT THE RESTORATION
LE MÉPRIS was restored by STUDIOCANAL, with the support of the CNC. The image was scanned and restored in 4K at the HIVENTY laboratory. In order to optimize the 4K restoration, the original 35mm negative and the interpositive were used, as well as the reference print re-worked in 2002 by Mr. Raoul Coutard, Director of Photography on LE MÉPRIS. The restoration took 220 hours, allowing to compensate for the defects linked to the wear of time, such as deviations in colours and lighting. This new restoration will enable audiences to discover LE MEPRIS as it was intended to be viewed.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Il était une fois… Le Mépris (52m) on the Blu-ray UHD
An introduction by Colin MacCabe (6m) UHD
Paparazzi by Jacques Rozier (22m)
Le parti des choses by Jacques Rozier (10m)
Running Time: 99 mins / Cert: 15
To be in with the chance of winning, follow the instructions below.
ENTERING THE COMPETITION:
To enter you simply need to share the competition on social media AND email us your details.
To use Twitter to share the competition, follow us @blueprintrev and copy and paste the following into a Tweet:
#competition @blueprintrev Win #LeMepris on Blu-ray – https://blueprintreview.co.uk/2023/06/competition-win-le-mepris-on-blu-ray
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Once you’ve shared/tweeted the competition, you need to email us (subject – ‘Le Mepris Competition’) with your name and postal address to: info@blueprintreview.co.uk
2 winners will be picked at random when the competition has closed. The competition is only open to residents of the UK – one entry per person. The competition ends on 3rd July 2023 at 12pm. The winners will be contacted by email soon after that date.
Your details will not be kept for any purposes other than to contact you if you win and then for the PR company handling the competition to post your prize.