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The Rules of the Game

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Bodil Awards 1966 - Won - Best European Film

The Rules of the Game

Director:
Jean Renoir
106 Minutes
 

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Widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, Jean Renoir's masterpiece The Rules of the Game is a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners. At a weekend hunting party, amorous escapades abound among the aristocratic guests and are mirrored by the activities of the servants downstairs. The refusal of one of the guests to play by society's rules sets off a chain of events that ends in tragedy. Poorly received upon its release in 1939, the film was severely re-edited, and the original negative was destroyed during World War II. Only in 1959 was the film fully reconstructed and embraced by audiences and critics who now see the film as a timeless representation of a vanishing way of life.

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Runtime:
106 min.

Genres:
Drama
Foreign Language

Country:
FRANCE

Language:
French

Color:
Color

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SPECIAL FEATURES: 

  • New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound
  • Introduction to the film by Jean Renoir
  • Audio commentary written by film scholar Alexander Sesonske and read by filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich
  • Version comparison: side-by-side analysis of the two endings of the film, along with an illustrated study of Renoir's shooting script
  • Selected scene analysis by Renoir historian Christopher Faulkner
  • Excerpts from Jean Renoir, le patron: La Regle et l'exception (1966), a French television program directed by Jacques Rivette
  • Part one of Jean Renoir: a two-part 1993 BBC documentary by David Thompson, featuring reflections on Renoir from his family, friends, collaborators, and admirers
  • New video essay about the film's production, release, and later reconstruction
  • Jean Gaborit and Jacques Durand discuss their reconstruction and re-release of the film
  • New interview with Renoir's son, Alain, an assistant cameraman on the film
  • New interview with The Rules of the Game set designer Max Douy
  • 1995 interview with actress Mila Parely
  • Written tributes to the film and Renoir by Francois Truffaut, Paul Schrader, Bertrand Tavernier, Wim Wenders and others
  • New and improved English subtitle translation
  • Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
  • Plus: a 24-page booklet featuring writings by Jean Renoir, Francois Truffaut, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bertrand Tavernier, and an essay by Alexander Sesonske

 

 

 

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