ReelBars

The Rules of the Game · 4K + Blu-ray

Criterion Collection

Released 2023 · America

An alternate release of

The Rules of the Game cover

The Rules of the Game (1939)

Best release

ESC Editions · 4K + Blu-ray (France) France · 6-06

Director

Jean Renoir

Genre

Drama, Comedy, Romance

Sub-Genre

Satire, Romance Drama

Box Office

$273,641

Cast

Jean Renoir, Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Julien Carette

Runtime

1 hour and 50 minutes (110 minutes)

More movies under 2 hours

What's in the box

Packaging
Keepcase
In the box
Comes with a 44-page booklet containing writings by Jean Renoir
François Truffaut
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Bertrand Tavernier
an essay by Alexander Sesonske
tributes and notes about the transfer.
Discs
3 discs — DISC ONE | DISC TWO | DISC TWO
Video
1.37:1 · SDR
Audio
other other
Subtitles
other

Special features

DISC ONE (Blu-ray 4K)

  • The Film
  • Audio commentary written by film scholar Alexander Sesonske and read by filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich

DISC TWO (Blu-ray)

  • The Film
  • Audio commentary written by film scholar Alexander Sesonske and read by filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich
  • Introduction to the film by director Jean Renoir (featurette) (6:31)
  • "Scene Analysis" selected-scene audio commentary by Renoir historian Christopher Faulkner

    • Public and Private (5:30)
    • Corridor (2:41)
    • Jean Renoir (documentary) (60:01)
    • Jean Renoir, le Patron (featurette) (31:13)

"Playing by Different Rules" featurettes

  • Version comparison (13:06)
  • Short version ending (8:32)

"Production History" featurettes

  • Chris Faulkner (8:18)
  • Olivier Curchod (27:39)
  • Gaborit and Durand (10:04)

Interviews with

  • Set designer Max Douy (9:04)
  • Actress Mila Parély (16:16)
  • Assistant Alain Renoir (18:18)

Releases of The Rules of the Game