| Description |
2 videodiscs (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 216 |
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Criterion collection
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| System Details |
DVD, full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio), Dolby digital mono., NTSC, region 1. |
| Language |
French dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1939. |
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Special features: Disc 1: introduction by director Jean Renoir; audio commentary by film scholar Alexander Sesonske, read by Peter Bogdanovich; comparison of the film's two endings; scene analysis by historian Chris Faulkner. Disc 2. excerpts from Jean Renoir, le patron; La regle et l'exception (1966), by Jacques Rivette; documentary by film critic David Thompson; video essay and various interviews. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Cast |
Marcel Dalio, Mila Parely, Nora Gregor, Roland Toutain. |
| Summary |
A scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners, in which a weekend at a marquis's countryside chateau lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haute bourgeois acquaintances. The film was a victim of tumultuous history: it was subjected to cuts after premiere audiences rejected it 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. |
| Terms Of Use |
Copy protected. |
| Subject |
France -- Social life and customs -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (FRENCH), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Comedy films.
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DVD-Video discs.
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Feature films France.
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Motion pictures, French.
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| Added Author |
Renoir, Jean, 1894-1979.
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Dalio, Marcel, 1900-1983.
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Parély, Mila, 1917-2012.
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Grégor, Nora, 1901-1949.
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Toutain, Roland, 1905-1977.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Rules of the game |
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Règle du jeu |
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Règle du jeu (Motion picture)
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| ISBN |
9781604655209 |
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1604655208 |
| Standard No. |
715515089814 |
| Music No. |
CC2090D The Criterion Collection |
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