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La régle du jeu : fantaisie dramatique de Jean Renoir / Janus Films ; Studios Pathé-Cinéma ; scénario et dialogues, Jean Renoir ; directeur de production, Claude Renoir.
LIBRA DVD 009 999 discs 1-2 + booklet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 216.
- The Criterion collection ; 216
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Musset, Alfred de, 1810-1857--Film adaptations.
- Musset, Alfred de.
- Musset, Alfred de, 1810-1857.
- Social classes--France--Drama.
- Social classes.
- Manners and customs.
- France--Social life and customs--Drama.
- France.
- Motion pictures, French.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Comedy films.
- Drama.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (106 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (22 pages ; 18 cm).
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Title on discs: Rules of the game
- Title on accompanying booklet : Jean Renoir's The rules of the game
- Place of Publication:
- [Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2004]
- Language Note:
- In French with optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD; mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- video file
- DVD video
- 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.
- Participant:
- Dalio, Nora Grégor, Roland Toutain.
- Credits:
- Director, Jean Renoir ; producer, Claude Renoir ; screenplay, Jean Renoir and Carl Koch ; photography, Jean Bachelet ; editor, Marguerite Renoir ; music, Roger Désormière.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1939.
- Aspect ratio: 1:33:1.
- 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 filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich; 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 Regle 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.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Contains:
- Jean Renoir le patron
- ISBN:
- 0780026926
- OCLC:
- 54072239
- Publisher Number:
- 037429180624
- RUL020 The Criterion Collection
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