game rules

Boris 2022-03-25 09:01:20

A treasure in the history of world cinema, both in terms of storytelling and cinematographic artistry, it is very deep and broad. Deep focus shots, wall shots and scene scheduling have all achieved the ultimate level. It has to be said that Renoir is dealing with complex and huge The characters and story lines are very stable.

The film criticizes not only the hypocritical nature of the upper-class European ruling class, but also the satire of the "various" human nature. The various expressions of idiots and grievances are all sublimated in the final "garden under the night", and the result of maintaining the "rules of the game" of the upper class is The rest of the middle and lower classes are out.

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Extended Reading
  • Tess 2022-03-26 09:01:13

    The depth-of-field lens narrative, which Bazin is full of praise, fully embodies the aesthetic idea of ​​"making the audience think positively". A ukiyo-e painting of the upper class in France, Renoir calmly disintegrates the sanctimonious aristocratic posture of the upper class, the seemingly serious and elegant interaction between the upper class people is actually just a ridiculous game, and the cruel hunting scene bluntly criticizes alienation of humanity

  • Weston 2022-03-25 09:01:20

    Great narration, perfect "entertainment"

The Rules of the Game quotes

  • Octave: Listen, my dear. You throw yourself around people's necks like a 12-year-old. You can do it with me. You'll always be my little Salzburg girl. But with others it can be - awkward.

    Christine de la Cheyniest: So, in Paris, you can't show a man affection without...

    Octave: No.

    Christine de la Cheyniest: No?

  • Octave: So you'll invite him?

    Christine de la Cheyniest: I'll invite him. I don't want to be the woman who drove to despair the great hero, the idol of the masses. If his plane crashes, they'll blame it on me. They'll call me a vamp, public enemy, obstacle to progress. They'll talk about "the foreigner." And I hate martyrs.