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Movie Review – Contempt

Contempt (1963)
Written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard

In doing a film series spotlighting Movies About Movies, there’s no way we could exclude Contempt from this list. Filmmakers like Jean-Luc Godard were lovers & critics of the medium first before they exploded the form and sent cinema hurtling down a magnificent track for about 20-30 years or so. Godard was a profoundly complicated person, and I think he was likely neurodivergent, or at least his work was inspired by a neurodivergent perspective. There’s an intense focus on what most people might see as unimportant or the constant repetitive movements or behaviors of people.

Movie Review – All About Eve

All About Eve (1950)
Written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

My supporters at Patreon voted, and February’s month-long film series is “Movies About Movies.” This means we will be watching and reviewing films all about various aspects of the industry, mostly narrative, but one documentary thrown in that was the seed of this series. We begin with one of the great American films, a piece of cinema that has rippled through popular culture since its debut. All About Eve emerged from a real-life incident where a stage actress allowed a young fan to become a part of her household staff. Things eventually went south, and the young fan became a toxic element, actively trying to undermine the woman she admired. This was related to the author Mary Orr, who turned it into a short story, which became the basis for this screenplay.