La règle du jeu = The rules of the game /

Considered one of the greatest films ever made, The rules of the game (la règle du jeu), by Jean Renoir, is a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners in which a weekend at a marquis' country cháteau lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois ac...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Règle du jeu (Motion picture)
Main Author:	Désormière, Roger, 1898-1963 (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Janus Films, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979 (Actor, Screenwriter), Renoir, Claude, 1914-1993 (Production manager), Koch, Carl, 1892-1963 (Screenwriter), Dalio, Marcel, 1900-1983 (Actor), Grégor, Nora, 1901-1949 (Actor), Toutain, Roland, 1905-1977 (Actor), Dubost, Paulette (Actor), Carette, Julien, 1897-1966 (Actor), Modot, Gaston, 1887-1970 (Actor), Mayen, Anne (Actor), Parély, Mila, 1917-2012 (Actor), Bachelet, Jean, 1894-1977 (Cinematographer), Renoir, Marguerite (Film editor), Huguet, Marthe (Film editor)
Format:	Video
Language:	French
Language Notes:	In French, with optional English and French subtitles.
Published:	[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2004]
Subjects:	Aristocracy (Social class) > France > Drama. Adultery > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Household employees > France > Drama. Married people > Drama. Social conflict > France > Drama. Corruption > France > Drama. France > Social life and customs > 20th century > Drama. Corruption Adultery Aristocracy (Social class) Household employees Man-woman relationships Manners and customs Married people Social conflict France 1900-1999 Video recordings for the hearing impaired Internet videos Feature films Drama Sophisticated comedy films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)

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Summary:	Considered one of the greatest films ever made, The rules of the game (la règle du jeu), by Jean Renoir, is a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners in which a weekend at a marquis' country cháteau lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances. The film has had a tumultuous history: it was subjected to cuts after the violent response of the premiere audience in 1939, and the original negative was destroyed during World War II; it wasn't reconstructed until 1959. That version, which has stunned viewers for decades, is presented here.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1939; reconstructed of separate clips of the original film, since its negative was destroyed. Remastered with new subtitles. Newly released in the United States by Janus Films in 2003.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 106 min.)
Production Credits:	Director, Jean Renoir ; director of photography, Jean Bachelet ; editors, Marguerite [Renoir], [Marthe] Huguet ; music, Roger Desormières.