Godard: The Essential Collections (Blu-ray)

Collection of five films from writer/director Jean-Luc Godard.

'Breathless' (1960) follows the brief love affair between petty criminal Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and young American student Patricia (Jean Seberg).

In 'Une femme est une femme' (1961) Godard deconstructs the classic MGM musical in the first of his films to star then wife Anna Karina. Nightclub stripper Angela (Karina) wants to have a baby but her lover Emile (Jean-Claude Brialy) refuses to co-operate. 

In 'Le mépris' (1963) aspiring playwright Paul Javal (Michel Piccoli) finds himself caught between the creative director (Fritz Lang) and the crass American producer, Jeremy Prokosch (Jack Palance), on a movie adaptation of Homer's epic poem 'The Odyssey'.  When Paul finds himself swayed by the power of the producer's money his wife Camille (Brigitte Bardot) begins to regard him with increasing contempt.

In 'Alphaville' (1965) private eye Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) is catapulted into space and ends up in Alphaville, a city run by domineering scientist Dr von Braun (Howard Vernon). 

In 'Pierrot le fou' (1965) Ferdinand (Belmondo) leaves his wife and child and runs off with the babysitter, Marianne (Karina).

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• Documentaries: 'Godard, Made in USA', '
  Room 12. Hotel de suede',
  'Jean-Luc According to Luc',
  Jean Seberg featurette,
  'Once Upon a Time There Was... Contempt',
  'Contempt... Tenderly',
  'The Dinosaurs and the Baby',
  'Godard, Love and Poetry'
• Interactive Menus
• Scene Access
• Bonus Footage
• Trailers
• Interviews: Jefferson Hack, Anna Karina