The Rules of the Game (The Criterion Collection) [4K UHD]

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Considered one of the greatest films ever made, Jean Renoir’s The Rules of the Game is a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked in a comedy of manners in which a weekend at a marquis’s country château 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 audience at its 1939 premiere, 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.

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray of the film with special features
• Introduction to the film by director Jean Renoir
• Audio commentary written by film scholar Alexander Sesonske and read by filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich
• Comparison of the film’s two endings
• Selected-scene analysis by Renoir historian Chris Faulkner
• Excerpts from a 1966 French television program by filmmaker Jacques Rivette
• Part one of Jean Renoir, a two-part 1993 documentary by film critic David Thompson
• Video essay about the film’s production, release, and 1959 reconstruction
• Interview with film critic Olivier Curchod
• Interview from a 1965 episode of the French television series Les écrans de la ville with Jean Gaborit and Jacques Durand
• Interviews with set designer Max Douy; Renoir’s son, Alain; and actor Mila Parély
• PLUS: An essay by Sesonske; writings by Jean Renoir, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bertrand Tavernier, and François Truffaut; and tributes to the film by J. Hoberman, Kent Jones, Paul Schrader, Wim Wenders, Robert Altman, and others

MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.77 x 5.28 x 0.63 inches; 5.61 ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Jean Renoir
Media Format ‏ : ‎ 4K
Release date ‏ : ‎ June 6, 2023
Actors ‏ : ‎ Julien Carette, Marcel Dalio, Mila Parely, Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
Studio ‏ : ‎ The Criterion Collection
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BYLC49KH
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
Best Sellers Rank: #8,057 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV) #812 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
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