The Rules of the Game

Jean Renoir's 1939 French satire of the aristocracy was a commercial disaster upon release -- banned by French authorities and literally burned to prevent circulation -- but is now routinely voted one of the top 5 films ever made in the Sight & Sound poll. Its mobile camera work and simultaneous staging across multiple planes of action were revolutionary techniques 20 years ahead of their time.

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