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		<title>CRITERION: THE RULES OF THE GAME</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator>
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Available at Amazon priced at $29.99

(Dan Schneider of http://www.cosmoetica.com/ is a special guest reviewer for OWF who will be tackling much loved, criminally forgotten and sometimes the over-rated cornerstones of cinema's past. His website, containing his excellent cinema essays and reviews is a must visit).


French filmmaker Jean Renoir's 1939 black and white classic, The Rules Of The Game (La Règle Du Jeu), routinely shows up on Top Five lists for best films ever, along with classics like Orson Welles' Citizen Kane, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, and Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story.

But, it's not in a league with any of that tercet. In fact, while it's a good film, and a quite enjoyable one, it's not even close to being a great film.

There are two basic reasons why: first is that, despite some kudos given by technical experts, the film is not nearly as visually compelling nor stunning as the Welles film, and its oft-claimed camera innovations and cinematography are not anything that wows a viewer.

Of course, there are some interesting moments, and some of the nature photography is first rate, but anyone expecting to see the 1930s equivalent of The Matrix or 2001: A Space Odyssey, will be disappointed. This is, ...]]></description>
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