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The Rules of the Game - The Criterion Collection 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

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Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost
Director: Jean Renoir
Plot Synopsis:

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

    New cover by Raphael Geroni
  • Release Details
    Release Date: June 6th, 2023
    Movie Release Year: 1939
    Release Country: United States
    Movie Studio: Criterion
  • Technical Specs
    Length:106 Minutes
    Specs:4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION
    New 4K restoration
    Video Resolution/Codec:2160p HEVC/H.265
    Aspect Ratio(s):1.37:1
    Audio Formats:Uncompressed monaural soundtrack
    Subtitles/Captions:TBA