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Son of the famous painter, Jean Renoir began filmmaking during the silent era but came into his own with intricate character and social dramas in the early 30s. After producing his masterpieces--The Grand Illusion (1937) and Rules of the Game...
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Son of the famous painter, Jean Renoir began filmmaking during the silent era but came into his own with intricate character and social dramas in the early 30s. After producing his masterpieces--The Grand Illusion (1937) and Rules of the Game (1939)--and the onset of WWII, he left to find work in Hollywood and created a handful of movies in English. He returned to France in the 1950s. His best films from this period were The River and Dejeuner sur l'Herbe (1959).
Posted dec 8, 2006 10:01 am pt
One of the best films of all time, Rules of the Game is an upstairs-downstairs drama that captures all the social tensions of the years leading up to WWII. With romance, intrigue, and a murder, there's no saying nothing happens in the movie, yet...
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One of the best films of all time, Rules of the Game is an upstairs-downstairs drama that captures all the social tensions of the years leading up to WWII. With romance, intrigue, and a murder, there's no saying nothing happens in the movie, yet character development remains crisply in focus. It's an even stronger movie than The Grand Illusion, Renoir's other well known film.
Rules of the Game sits at the end of the first act of Jean Renoir's film-making career, showcasing his technically deft cinamatography while reaching for deeper social and character themes. It's broader and more ambitious than any of his Hollywood films from the 1940s or films from after his return to France in the 1950s.
Jean Renoir plays one of the central characters in the film and it's only occasionally when he's on screen that the framing and direction strays from the overall excellence.
Posted dec 8, 2006 9:49 am pt
