Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | Title on disc: Jean Renoir's The rules of the game Rules of the game
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Other title: | Jean Renoir, le patron. Jean Renoir.
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Other authors / contributors: | Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979.
Renoir, Claude, 1914-1993.
Koch, Carl, 1892-1963.
Dalio, Marcel, 1900-1983.
Grégor, Nora, 1901-1949.
Toutain, Roland, 1905-1977.
Carette, Julien, 1897-1966.
Janus Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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ISBN: | 0780026926
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Notes: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1939. 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 Bogdonovich; 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. Dalio, Nora Grégor, Roland Toutain, Paulette Dubost, Carette, Gaston Modot, Jean Renoir, Anne Mayen. DVD; mono.; aspect ratio: 1:33:1. In French with optional English subtitles.
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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.
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Standard no.: | 037429180624
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Publisher's no.: | RUL020 The Criterion Collection
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