Shoot on Site: Architecture in Film Series: Godard's CONTEMPT and Man Ray's LES MYSTÈRES DU CHÂTEAU DE DÉ September 14, 2008

Shoot on Site: Architecture in Film
Co-presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hammer, this eclectic series of films uses pre-existing private and public built environments as spaces of dread, liberation, alienation, or salvation, in concert or in conflict with the architect’s original vision.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 7PM
CONTEMPT (Le Mépris) , 1963
A mercilessly self-conscious study of artistic compromise and marital meltdown, Contempt moves through a series of iconic locales, from the Cinecittà studios to architect Adalberto Libera’s breathtaking cliff top Villa Malaparte overlooking the Mediterranean.
DIR: Jean-Luc Godard | 35mm, 103 min

LES MYSTÈRES DU CHÂTEAU DE DÉ, 1929
Director Man Ray’s classic avant-garde frolic through Villa Noailles, designed by architect Robert Mallet Stevens.
DIR: Man Ray | 35mm, 27 min

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