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For this Special Thursday Cinema Night, 8PM EST, there’s no special theme, just two more good flicks. First up is Contempt (1963), one of the most famous films from one of the most renowned directors of all time, Jean-Luc Godard. We have watched a few of his films over the past few months (Alphaville [1965], Band of Outsiders [1964], La Chinoise [1967], Vivre Sa Vie [1962]). One of the most iconic French New Wave films, it centers on a dejected film producer who has hired director Fritz Lang (played by Lang himself) to make a movie, and the production soon turns into a nightmare destined to bomb at the box office. He hires a screenwriter to fix the situations, but then starts an affair with his wife (played by Brigitte Bardot.) Yeah, this is pretty much the most French thing ever, but it’s a classic, so let’s watch.

After that is Man on the Moon (1999), a biopic starring Jim Carrey as legendary troll comedian Andy Kaufman, featuring all of his most famous bits as he commits to ever-longer and more-complex pranks. It was the final film of director Milos Forman, best-known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) and Amadeus (1984). Great reviews for this one, and a few Oscar nominations.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

  • Contempt: https://letterboxd.com/film/contempt/
  • Man on the Moon: https://letterboxd.com/film/man-on-the-moon/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

  • Contempt: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057345/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
  • Man on the Moon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125664/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Contempt:

  • Objectification of female characters .
  • Nudity.
  • Sex.
  • French people.
  • Domestic violence.
  • Smoking.
  • Car crash.
  • Blood.

CWs for Man on the Moon:

  • Objectification of female characters.
  • Nudity.
  • Sex.
  • Self-harm.
  • Gaslighting.
  • Profanity.
  • Smoking.
  • Alcohol.
  • Blood.
  • Cancer.

Links to movies:

  • Contempt: https://tankie.tube/w/fPXJZ3TfxBNFn8iS5TPXLL
  • Man on the Moon: https://tankie.tube/w/iGpsxWoLxSbRFqRibFyBvW