Post by Aerie on Jun 28, 2010 23:32:48 GMT -5
The Rules of the Game (original French title: La Règle du jeu) is a 1939 French film directed by Jean Renoir about upper-class French society just before the start of World War II. Renoir's film is in part an adaptation of Alfred de Musset's Les Caprices de Marianne, a popular 19th-century comedy of manners; Renoir takes the film far beyond the pleasantries of a typical comedy of manners, creating instead a biting and tragic satire that captured the frenetic emotions of France on the cusp of World War II.
The Rules of the Game is often cited as one of the greatest films in the history of cinema. A poll of critics by the Sight & Sound magazine in 2002 placed it behind Citizen Kane and Vertigo.[1]
The Rules of the Game is often cited as one of the greatest films in the history of cinema. A poll of critics by the Sight & Sound magazine in 2002 placed it behind Citizen Kane and Vertigo.[1]
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