The Rules Of The Game (Criterion Collection) (1939) On DVD
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Actor : Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parely, Odette Talazac, Jean Renoir
Director: Jean Renoir
Genre: Comedy
Year: 1939
Studio: Criterion Collection
Length: 106
Released: November 15, 2011
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: NTSC, Black & White
Language: French
subtitles: English
DESCRIPTION:
Considered one of the greatest films ever made, The Rules of the Game (La règle du jeu), by Jean Renoir (Grand Illusion), is a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners, in which a weekend at a marquis’s countryside chateau lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haute bourgeois acquaintances. The film was a victim of tumultuous history—it was subjected to cuts after premiere audiences rejected it in 1939, and the original negative was destroyed during World War II; it wasn’t reconstructed until 1959. That version, which has stunned viewers for decades, is presented here.
Special Features:
Introduction to the film by director Jean Renoir Audio commentary written by film scholar Alexander Sesonske and read by filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich Comparison of the film’s two endings Olivier Curchod Presents "The Rules of the Game,” a 2005 documentary comparing today’s 106-minute edit with Renoir’s original script Scene analysis by Renoir historian Chris Faulkner Excerpts from Jean Renoir, le patron: La règle et l’exception (1966), a French television program by filmmaker Jacques Rivette Part one of Jean Renoir, a two-part 1993 BBC documentary by film critic David Thompson Video essay about the film’s production, release, and 1959 reconstruction 1965 interview from the French television series Les écrans de la ville in which Jean Gaborit and Jacques Durand discuss their reconstruction and rerelease of the film Interviews with set designer Max Douy; Renoir’s son, Alain; and actress Mila Parély PLUS: A booklet featuring writings by Jean Renoir, François Truffaut, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Bertrand Tavernier; an essay by Sesonske; and tributes to the film and Renoir by J. Hoberman, Kent Jones, Paul Schrader, Wim Wenders, Robert Altman, and others
High-definition digital restoration
Actor : Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parely, Odette Talazac, Jean Renoir
Director: Jean Renoir
Genre: Comedy
Year: 1939
Studio: Criterion Collection
Length: 106
Released: November 15, 2011
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: NTSC, Black & White
Language: French
subtitles: English
DESCRIPTION:
Considered one of the greatest films ever made, The Rules of the Game (La règle du jeu), by Jean Renoir (Grand Illusion), is a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners, in which a weekend at a marquis’s countryside chateau lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haute bourgeois acquaintances. The film was a victim of tumultuous history—it was subjected to cuts after premiere audiences rejected it in 1939, and the original negative was destroyed during World War II; it wasn’t reconstructed until 1959. That version, which has stunned viewers for decades, is presented here.
Special Features:
High-definition digital restoration
Introduction to the film by director Jean Renoir
Audio commentary written by film scholar Alexander Sesonske and read by filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich
Comparison of the film’s two endings
Olivier Curchod Presents "The Rules of the Game,” a 2005 documentary comparing today’s 106-minute edit with Renoir’s original script
Scene analysis by Renoir historian Chris Faulkner
Excerpts from Jean Renoir, le patron: La règle et l’exception (1966), a French television program by filmmaker Jacques Rivette
Part one of Jean Renoir, a two-part 1993 BBC documentary by film critic David Thompson
Video essay about the film’s production, release, and 1959 reconstruction
1965 interview from the French television series Les écrans de la ville in which Jean Gaborit and Jacques Durand discuss their reconstruction and rerelease of the film
Interviews with set designer Max Douy; Renoir’s son, Alain; and actress Mila Parély
PLUS: A booklet featuring writings by Jean Renoir, François Truffaut, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Bertrand Tavernier; an essay by Sesonske; and tributes to the film and Renoir by J. Hoberman, Kent Jones, Paul Schrader, Wim Wenders, Robert Altman, and others
| Product Name | The Rules Of The Game (Criterion Collection) (1939) On DVD |
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| This item is returnable | No |
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