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La Regle Du Jeu
aka: Rules of the Game
France 1939, 110 minutes, B/W
Dir. Jean Renoir
In French with English subtitles
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama, Classics
Topics: Landmark.
Feat. Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Roland Toutain, Jean Renoir
Aroview: Considered one the greatest films in history, this downbeat yet incisive satire centres around weekend shooting party that results in a myriad of romantic and social intrigues.
Although the original negative was destroyed during World War 2, The film has been carefully reconstructed and restored from numerous prints.
Member Reviews
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5 stars (Exceptional) Both heavily censored and banned by the French/Nazis shows how much impact this film had on release. Some memorable scenes.It is a lot of things but it is above all a classic and has been imitated since. ~Tubbs
5 stars (Exceptional) Renoir was undoubtedly a great director but what is often overlooked here is his accessible and light acting as the affable oath. It's so warm and inviting it would be easy to overlook the film's class baiting bite. ~Regando
5 stars (Exceptional) "Stop this farce!" "Which one, m'lord?" ~Shorty
DVD Features
This Criterion Collection reconstruction includes:
- Introductin to the film by Jean Renoir
- Audio Commentary written by film scholar Alexander Sesonske and read by Peter Bogdanovich.
- Selected scene analysis by Film Historian Christopher Faulkner.
- Exerpts from "Jean Renoir, le patron: La Regle et l'exception" a French TV program directed by Jacques Rivette (1966).
- Part one of "Jean Renoir", a two part BBC documentary (1993)
- A Video essay about the film's production, release and later reconstruction.
- A 2004 interview with Renoir's son, Alain, an assistant cameraman on the film.
- A 2004 interview with Max Douy, set sesigner on the film.
- A 1995 interview with actress Mila Parély
- aspect ratio: 4:3 (original academy)
Close Relatives
- Gosford Park (2001)
- Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
- Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1971)
- Renoir (2012)
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