Title:
The rules of the game La régle du jeu, fantaisie dramatique de Jean Renoir
ISBN:
9780780026926
Publication Information:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2004.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (106 min.) : digital, sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1939.
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 Peter Bogdonovich; 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 2): Excerpts from "Jean Renoir le patron: La règle et l'exception" (1966); part one of "Jean Renoir", a two-part 1993 BBC documentary by David Thompson; new video essay about the film's production, release, and later reconstruction; interview with Renoir's son, Alain, an assistant cameraman on the film; interview with the film's set designer Max Douy; 1995 interview with actress Mila Parély; written tributes to the film and Renoir.
Booklet includes: writings by Jean Renoir, François Truffaut, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bertrand Tavernier, and an essay by Alexander Sesonske.
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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.
System Details:
DVD FORMAT; DOLBY DIGITAL MONO.
Language Note:
IN FRENCH WITH OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES.
