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2 videodiscs (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([24] pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.)
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.
de Jean Renoir ; Janus Films ; scénario et dialogues, Jean Renoir ; collaborateur, Koch ; directeur de production, Claude Renoir.
"Special edition double-disc set"--Container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1939.
New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound.
Special features: disc 1. Introduction to the film by Jean Renoir ; Audio commentary written by film scholar Alexander Sesonske and read by filmmaker 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 Renior, 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 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 rerelease 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 Parély ; Written tributes to the film and Renoir by J. Hoberman, Kent Jones, Paul Schrader, Wim Wenders, and others.
Nora Grégor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Odette Talazac, Claire Gérard, Anne Mayen, Lise Élina, Dalio, Carette, Roland Toutain, Gaston Modot, Jean Renoir, Pierre Magnier, Eddy Debray, Pierre Nay, Francœur, Léon Larive.
In French, with optional new and improved English subtitles.
Musique, (Mozart et Mondigny), Roger Desormières ; prises de vues, Bachelet ... [et al.] ; montage, Marguerite, Mme Huguet.
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 216