La Regle du jeu

by V.F. Perkins

Overview

Renoir's famous and controversial comedy of manners has a troubled history. Victor Perkins presents here a sensitive socio-historical study of Renoir's revised edition of the film, released 20 years after its premiere; shaped by the profundity and originality of its form.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781838716738
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	07/25/2019
Series:	BFI Film Classics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

V.F. Perkins is Honorary Professor of Film Studies at Warwick University. His film criticism includes the books Film as Film (1972) and the volume on Orson Welles's The Magnificent Ambersons, also in the BFI Film Classics series (1999).
V.F. Perkins, who died in 2016, was Honorary Professor of Film Studies at Warwick University, UK. His film criticism includes the books Film as Film (1972) and 'The Magnificent Ambersons' (1999) and 'La Regle du Jeu' (2000, 2012) in the BFI Film Classics series.

Table of Contents

Preliminaries.- Andre Jurieul Roland Toutain.- Robert de la Chesnaye Marcel Dario.- Christine Nora Gregor.- Octave/Jean Renoir.- Appendix.- Notes.- Credits.