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The Rules of the Game (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]

Nora Gregor (Actor), Paulette Dubost (Actor) Rated:
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Genre Comedy
Format NTSC, Subtitled, Black & White, Multiple Formats, Full Screen
Contributor Mila Parely, Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Jean Renoir, Odette Talazac, Paulette Dubost
Language French
Runtime 1 hour and 46 minutes
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Considered one of the greatest films ever made, The Rules of the Game (La règle du jeu), by Jean Renoir (Grand Illusion), is 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.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 6.4 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ CRRN2090DVD
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Jean Renoir
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Subtitled, Black & White, Multiple Formats, Full Screen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 46 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ November 15, 2011
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parely, Odette Talazac, Jean Renoir
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Criterion Collection
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005HK13S6
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
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People Camp Girl
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the BEST FILMS EVER MADE
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2024
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It is one of THE best films ever made, and if you don’t like black & white films, or subtitled films, and these are your excuses for not watching ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME (as they realized after it was released!), GET OVER IT
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Zachary Bednar
5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Film
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2014
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My favorite film. Indescribably so. Essential movie magic. Pure joy. Contrary to popular belief, you don't get to choose your favorite film after a period of considerable debate, your favorite film chooses you within the first five minutes. The Rules Of The Game is absolute perfection. Mammoth in feel and serenely beautiful in texture. The film is so perfect that it is unreal. A film lover's dream. The Rules of The Game is a comic tragedy that transcends and blooms. A film that is destined to glow. The Rules Of The Game burns bright and blooms still. An unending magic.

It is the most remarkably photographed film of all time. This is not a matter of personal opinion, it is an irrefutable fact. The Rules Of The Game is utterly indispensable. It is the best photographed, the best choreographed, and the best written film ever made. Once again, FACT. If you have any doubts concerning the film's assembly, I must insist that have your brain checked immediately for you have obviously fallen gravely ill. Renoir's assembly is a flawless one, miraculous and magical. A slapstick tango of duality. A perfectly balanced choreography. Renoir's vision is that of the ballerina and the absurd tragedy.

Stylistically speaking, The Rules Of The Game is a lesson in Jung's synchronicity. It is a mosaic piece. One where everything is glorious, glowing, and supreme. The Rules of The Game is a film beyond perfection. It is a deep focus glance into the magical realm of a warm and cascading infinity. Renoir casts several spells and The Rules Of The Game is bound to hypnotize by way of immaculate design.

All of the performances in The Rules Of The Game are extraordinary but there is one that towers over the rest. Marcel Dalio as Marquis Robert de La Chesnaye is one of the most inspired and perfect performances of all time. Dalio is an incredibly gifted actor with a strong and viable understanding of character. He plays a man who collects mechanical toys and trinkets. Some of his toys are quite boring, some are frenzied, most are unsettling, and all of them bring him happiness and security. It is a mostly quiet pleasure derived from the inanimate, the inarticulate, and the nonsexual. His most prized possession is a manic jukebox of light and sound, dolls and noise. It is a giant music box that he showcases with great pride, almost with honor and a hint of patriarchal approval. The people he surrounds himself with are also mostly mechanical. They are robotic and Dalio takes great joy in winding them up. He is the king of the playground and everything is his toy, all a part of his collection. Dalio's performance is one of extreme care and perfection. Evenly balanced with hilarity and sincerity, Dalio glows. A perfect performance for a perfect film.

The Rules Of The Game means the world to me and is the definitive reason why I love film. It is pure magic and very special. A one of a kind movie miracle. The Rules Of The Game is the best film of all time. Easily. Indescribably so. Magically.
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Andy
5.0 out of 5 stars An Essential Masterpiece From The Golden Age Of Cinema - One Of Criterion Collection Best Sets!
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2021
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Highly revered and widely regarded as an undeniable, essential cinematic work, and arguably the crowning achievement of master director Jean Renoir, the greatest French film of the Golden Age - if not all time- The Rules Of The Game is one of a handful of films in a league of it's own. Exquisitely composed story of the fanciful, yet complicated affairs and relationships between aristocrats, high society, servants, and guests over an eventful weekend hunting party at a grand country estate. An extraordinary, once controversial satire of love and desire, pre-war class structure and the system of constraints that preserve it's self imposed order- perceptive, intelligent, and entertaining. The film functions like an elegant timepiece, with the remarkable cast interactions and witty dialogue, complex, nuanced, symbolic plot, sets, delicate pacing, and deep photography all working together perfectly. This is like the cinematic equivalent of Mozart's Marriage Of Figaro. This Criterion Collection two disc Blu Ray is exceptional, one of the most scholarly and examined in their library. It is the best restored, most complete print, and contains a brilliant audio commentary, hours of documentaries, including the legendary history of the film's reception and dismissal, recutting, years of being lost, and acknowledgement by critics, placed in the highest echelons decades later. These extras and multiple viewings (it's quite enjoyable) are very helpful in appreciating this truly great film. Also highly recommended Grand Illusion, Citizen Kane, and the poetic Children Of Paradise. A must-own classic.
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FourFold
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, what a restoration!
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2023
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Who knows this might be a computer reconstruction. But it is magnificent! Renoir's achievement in film is there to be seen by everyone. The UHD resuscitates the psychological element, the relationship between humans. Before it was a remote approximation of a film
In this restoration the film becomes a story. A narrative, a complete narrative of human connection and fallibility, beautifully orchestrated.
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Magic Man
5.0 out of 5 stars Great filmmaking
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2023
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One classic for everyone to enjoy. It’s a must see.
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TP
5.0 out of 5 stars A french masterpiece
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2012
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The Rules of the Game is a french "comedy of manners" directed by Jean Renoir. It is about the immoral and reckless behavior of the french upper class just before the start of World War II. As you can imagine, this sparked a lot of controversy in 1939, and one person even attempted to burn down the theater at the premiere. This film was thought to have been destroyed in an allied bombing during WWII, but was rediscovered and reconstructed in 1959. All I can say is that this film is a treasure to behold and is one of the greatest I have ever seen. Neither Gone with the Wind, not The Wizard of Oz are the best films of 1939, this one is, as well as the best of the entire decade of the 1930s.
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Allie
5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing historic cultural classic
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2022
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NightoftheLivingDollheads
5.0 out of 5 stars Humour About the Human Condition
Reviewed in Canada on December 23, 2020
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Very funny and good.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on April 6, 2018
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Everything went perfectly.
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Pierre Gauthier
2.0 out of 5 stars Très décevant!
Reviewed in Canada on March 2, 2021
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Ce film a connu une histoire qui lui fournit une aura particulière : lancé et très mal reçu en juillet 1939, ses négatifs sont détruits pendant la Guerre puis, à partir de fragments retrouvés, il est reconstitué en 1959 non pas par le réalisateur Jean Renoir mais par deux admirateurs. La version produite alors est plus longue que l’initiale d’une bonne dizaine de minutes! C’est celle qu’on voit aujourd’hui.

La profondeur de champ y est utilisée de manière exceptionnelle : à plusieurs reprises, l’action au moyen plan d’où provient le dialogue est complétée ou contrastée par des échanges muets en arrière-plan. Plusieurs considéreront toutefois que cela ne suffit pas à justifier la réputation de chef d’œuvre dont jouit le film. En effet, il présente plusieurs lacunes fondamentales :

• il faudrait être bien coupé de la réalité pour considérer que les oisifs dont il traite font partie de la classe dirigeante de 1939 que Jean Renoir affirme avoir voulu critiquer; on y trouve un marquis (!) et un général assez âgé pour être à la retraite puis on ne sait rien des autres, y compris la profession ou même le nom de famille d’Octave, sans doute le personnage principal; en fait, ils rappellent par leur désœuvrement et leur attitude blasée les quinquagénaires retraités qui abondent de nos jours en France;
• les acteurs sont trop vieux et mal choisis pour les rôles qu’ils jouent ; c’est particulièrement vrai pour la marquise, celle qui l’incarne faisant preuve d’un registre dramatique décidément restreint; c’est tout aussi vrai pour le marquis qui apparaît plutôt efféminé (et ce n’est pas
un élément de l’intrigue) ainsi que pour Octave, le personnage joué par Jean Renoir lui-même, qui prend trop de place, au propre comme au figuré;
• les décors intérieurs sont en carton-pâte et éclairés de manière trop vive pour que cela soit le moindrement plausible;
• l’intrigue n’est jamais résolue : un homicide est commis, personne n’appelle la police ou un médecin, tout le monde va se coucher … et c’est tout.

Pour ce film, Jean Renoir a agi à la fois comme producteur, réalisateur, scénariste et acteur. De toute évidence, la tâche était trop grande : le scénario était apparemment loin d’être complété au début du tournage, celui-ci a coûté presque deux fois plus cher que prévu, le calendrier a été largement dépassé et le lancement n’a pu avoir lieu qu’en juillet, alors que l’été s’amorçait.

Jean Renoir affirmait détester la chasse, élément central du film. Il est cependant difficile de le croire opposé à toute violence puisqu’il avait personnellement embrassé la carrière militaire en 1913 au sortir de ses études. Gravement blessé à la jambe, sa convalescence lui a permis de découvrir le cinéma. Il est retourné au combat par la suite, en fait dans des unités de reconnaissance aérienne qui lui ont permis de se familiariser avec la photographie. Par ailleurs, il ne semblait pas réaliser qu’il faisait lui-même partie des privilégiés, ayant apparemment financé une partie de ses films en vendant plusieurs tableaux peints par son célébrissime père Auguste, dont il avait hérité.

De plus, les opinions politiques de Jean Renoir sont déroutantes : il flirte avec le Parti communiste en 1936 et 1937 mais part tourner en Italie mussolinienne à l’été 1939; par la suite, il quitte la France pour les États-Unis, juste avant l’occupation nazie. Par ailleurs, il a embauché Vera Gregor pour jouer le principal rôle féminin de « La règle du jeu ». Dans la vie, il s’agissait de l’épouse d’un prince autrichien réfugié en France depuis 1938 qui était d’allégeance fasciste mais qui s’était brouillé avec Hitler.

Quelques commentaires sur le coffret DVD :
• les images du film (en noir et blanc) sont superbement restaurées;
• les suppléments sont généreux, substantiels et diversifiés : émissions de télé des années 60 avec Jean Renoir et ceux qui ont reconstruit le film, entrevues avec son fils Alain Renoir, avec des universitaires, avec Mila Parély qui joua le rôle de la maîtresse du marquis, etc.
• soulignons que le commentaires scène par scène, en anglais, est lu avec un débit excessivement rapide, au point qu’il est difficile à suivre.

Globalement, il serait malhonnête de recommander ce film bancal à quiconque, sauf à ceux qui tiennent à porter leur propre jugement quant à la réputation élogieuse que plusieurs lui font.
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