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La règle du jeu [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: RUL020 | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: French Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 216.Publication details: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2004.Description: 2 videodiscs (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (22 pages ; 18 cm.)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0780026926
  • 9780780026926
Other title:
  • Title on disc: Jean Renoir's The rules of the game
  • English title: Rules of the game
Uniform titles:
  • Règle du jeu (Motion picture)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .R44 2004
Production credits:
  • Photography, [Jean] Bachelet ; editors, Marguerite [Renoir], Mme. Huguet ; music, Roger Désormière.
Cast: Dalio, Nora Grégor, Roland Toutain, Paulette Dubost, Carette, Gaston Modot, Jean Renoir, Anne Mayen.Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 0339 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050092176

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.

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

In French with optional English subtitles.

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