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You can watch Contempt (1963) for free on Kanopy.

A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.

A crumbling marriage disintegrates against the backdrop of a cinematic adaptation of the Odyssey. This visual feast uses primary colors and sweeping long takes to capture the slow death of intimacy.

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