BFI: New 4K Restoration of The Rules of the Game Heading to Blu-ray
HomeBFI: New 4K Restoration of The Rules of the Game Heading to Blu-ray
Posted March 11, 2023 05:31 PM by Webmaster
The British Film Institute has provided a promotional video for the upcoming Blu-ray release of the new 4K restoration of Jean Renoir's classic film La Règle du Jeu (1939), starring Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Odette Talazac, and Claire Gérard. The release will be available for purchase on May 22.
Description: Denigrated by the public, vilified by the critics, re-cut at the insistence of its producers, and finally banned by the French government as demoralizing and unpatriotic, La Règle du jeu was a commercial disaster at the time of its original release.
On the surface a series of interlinked romantic intrigues taking place at a weekend shooting party in a country chateau, the film is in fact a study of corruption and decay within French society on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. Its reputation firmly restored, Jean Renoir's brilliant comedy is now widely recognized as one of the greatest films ever made.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: Denigrated by the public, vilified by the critics, re-cut at the insistence of its producers, and finally banned by the French government as demoralizing and unpatriotic, La Règle du jeu was a commercial disaster at the time of its original release.
On the surface a series of interlinked romantic intrigues taking place at a weekend shooting party in a country chateau, the film is in fact a study of corruption and decay within French society on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. Its reputation firmly restored, Jean Renoir's brilliant comedy is now widely recognized as one of the greatest films ever made.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM by La Cinémathèque française and Les Grands Films Classiques
- A 42-minute documentary on the making of La Règle du Jeu directed by Pierre Oscar Levy (1987) for the series Image par Image
- AND MORE...
