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La règle du jeu

La règle du jeu [videorecording] / Title on disc: Jean Renoir's The rules of the game. English title: Rules of the game. - [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2004. - 2 videodiscs (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (22 pages ; 18 cm.) - The Criterion collection ; 216. . - Criterion collection ; 216. .

Originally released as a motion picture in 1939; restored by Jean Gaborit and Jacques Durand and re-released in 1959 by Les Grands Films Classiques. Run time: approx. 106 min. Released in United States by Janus Films. Special features: Disc 1: 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 filmaker Peter Bogdanovich; version comparison; selected scene analysis by Renoir historian Christopher Faulkner; new and improved English subtitle translation; optimal image quality: RSDL, dual-layer edition. Disc 2: Excerpts from Jean Renoir, le patron: la règle 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; new video essay about the film's production; Jean Gaborit and Jacques Durand discuss their reconstruction and rerelease of the film; new interview with Renoir's son, Alain; new interview with the set designer, Max Douy; 1995 interview with actress Mila Parely; written tributes to the film and Renoir.

Photography, [Jean] Bachelet ; editors, Marguerite [Renoir], Mme. Huguet ; music, Roger Désormière. Photography, [Jean] Bachelet ; editors, Marguerite [Renoir], Mme. Huguet ; music, Roger Désormière.

Dalio, Nora Grégor, Roland Toutain, Paulette Dubost, Carette, Gaston Modot, Jean Renoir, Anne Mayen.

Cloaked in a comedy of manners, this scathing critique of corrupt French society is about a weekend hunting party at which amorous escapades abound among the aristocratic guests, which are also mirrored by the activities of the servants downstairs.


DVD; mono.; aspect ratio: 1:33:1.


In French with optional English subtitles.

0780026926 9780780026926

037429180624

RUL020 The Criterion Collection


Adultery--Drama.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Married people--Drama.


France--Social life and customs--20th century--Drama.

PN1997 / .R44 2004

791.43/72