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

Art film producer Jeremy Prokosch, unhappy with the work of his director, hires Fritz Lang (as himself) to direct an adaptation of The Odyssey, but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb, he brings in a screenwriter to energise 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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