Incidentally, I have just seen Godard's Le Mépris at the cinema - a rare privilege - one of those occasions where it is justifiable to use the phrase "They don't make 'em like that anymore." This is the kind of film which, with all the care and funding in the world, and for all sorts of reasons could never be made in this day and age.

Also the film which contains possibly the greatest on-screen Philistine (while we're on the subject) - Jerry Prokosch (Jack Palance). "I like gods; I know exactly how they feel."