LE MEPRIS

            The film started with a scene where a camera man is filming an actor then the camera men eventually turning into the audience. Clearly it is not a usual way of starting a film. And basically you'll know that the film is actually a film within the film. It's a good way of introducing the plot of the film.

             

Then the film started with a couple complementing each other and obviously so in love with one another. The story revolved around a writer named Paul (Michel Piccoli) and his wife Camille (Brigitte Bardot). Paul was offered to do a job for an American producer Prokosch (Jack Palance) whom obviously has a thing for his wife. This was the turning point of the first scene where the couple was happy with their relationship.

Even if Paul obviously know that Prokosch has a thing for Camille. He still didn't do anything to keep Prokosh from coming to Camille and that insulted Camille and started to question his love for Paul  doesn't stand in the way of the producer’s efforts to come on to her.

          The story was honestly boring the story line is not that exciting but the way that the camera moved or the editing is really interesting especially the scene where the couple was having a conversation in their flat it's amazing how the camera moved the whole time of their argument and how the camera conveyed the message of their relationship falling part. The abrupt cutting in of clips takes the current emotion and it eve let's you think what that clips means.

                              Clearly the film is an entry of a French "New Wave" director Jean-Luc Godard. The film is worth the watch the story may bore you.It did to me but if you  look artistically the way the film was made the way the camera moved it will amaze you every scene.