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Rules Of The Game

DVD - APPROX. 106 MINS. - 1939 - US Rating: NR

Main feature:

Release Jan 20, 2004
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audio French: Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles English
Studio Home Vision
Year 1939
Genre Drama, History

Special features:

  • Disc One:
  • 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
  • Disc Two:
  • 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 J. Hoberman, Kent Jones, Paul Schrader, Wim Wenders, and others.
  • Plus: a 24-page booklet featuring writings by Jean Renoir, Francois Truffaut, Henri Cartier-Bresson Tavernier, and an essay by Alexander Sesonske.

Synopsis:



The Criterion Collection

Widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, Jean Renoir's masterpiece The Rules of the Game (La Regle de jeu) is a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners. Amorous intrigue abounds at a weekend hunting party, where the refusal of one of the guests to play by the class-based rules sets off a chain of events that ends in tragedy. Although the original negative was destroyed during World War II, this edition features the fully reconstructed version embraced by audiences and critics around the world as a timeless representation of Jean Renoir's genius.

Cast and Crew:

Home Vision presents
Mila ParélyNora GregorMarcel DalioRoland ToutainRupert DaviesGaston Modot"Rules Of The Game"
produced byMartin Ritt
directed byJean Renoir
Production Year: 1939

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