Reflections on the Philosophical Issues Involved in Jean Renoir's Rules of the Game

Delaney 2022-03-27 09:01:20

The depth of field shots in the second half, the super-complex movements of the multifocal camera are fucking dazzling. . . Stunning.

Clifton 2022-03-25 09:01:20

The 1930s were perhaps the most notable decade of Renoir's film career, after the creation of "Bitch" and "Tony" (both of which had a profound influence on the poetic realism trend and the neorealist movement, respectively), The well-known masterpiece "The Grand Mirage" was filmed, but the last - and also considered the most important - of the period, a work "Rules of the Game", which at the time seemed anachronistic, was released when France was being rolled up Entering the war, it was difficult for audiences to understand the film's tragic and joyous tone, misinterpreting the ugly declining aristocracy as "a satire and attack on the ruling class", and it was soon banned. Times have changed, and now we can talk about it more impartially, especially the dazzling party scene, "these characters travel and hide in various rooms, making or evading each other's intimacy", the most important thing is no longer the person who speaks, Rather, it was the subtle expressions and body language of the other people in the shot that Renoir took full control of that night in an almost divine way, using the vast and complex set, the profusion of camera movements, to create an extraordinary image.