Son of famed French artist, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Jean Renoir is considered one of the best film directors of all-time. Although he was born in an era when idiots roamed the earth, unable to communicate properly though the use of mobile satellite devices, Jean managed to make some pretty great films.
Now when it comes to French films, there are several that I really like. I like Amélie, The Grande Illusion (another Renoir film), and just about any movie starring Marion Cotillard, especially her epic performance in the Edith Piaf biopic: La Vie en Rose.
But The Rules of the Game steals the show. This film was banned in France, during the German occupation, and was considered to be ‘immoral’ by Hitler’s fucked up standards. Rules of the Game is about a demented French ruling class, human depravity, honor or lack thereof, and filmed in a manner that was considered to be revolutionary back then, considering that it was done in an ‘era of idiots’ who didn’t even have computers, plastic water bottles or cable tv.
One side note, at the time, lead actor Marcel Dalio was an up and coming star in France. However, due to the Nazi invasion and subsequent murder of French jews under Hitler directives, Marcel was forced to escape France for America, where his career withered and died. He did, however, manage to weasel his way into Bogart’s epic film Casablanca, paid $667 for his troubles.
The entire move is below, courtesy of youtube.
Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M21zSPlgi10
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There`s a book called Rules of the Game that`s about how to pick up women!
Or, you could watch “White Chicks”.
I love Asian chicks. Had one when I was a in my 20’s. They don’t really have slanted you know what’s.
No way?
Nice one. Breathless is another great French film.
I didn’t buy a 4k tv to watch fucking black and white films from the Stone Age
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Dr. Fly and learned community, I have been trying to locate a film for years but have not had any luck. All I can tell you is that it was made in an asian/middle eastern country and it was about a boy trying to get his severely deformed brother, across harsh terrain and war lines, to a hospital for life saving surgery. Ring any bells?
I have seen “Rules of the Game” but have not wanted to watch it again. I’m not sure why which means I should probably watch it again.
Vampyr, maybe it’s in this list? If not, it looks like there are some excellent movies there to have a look at.
http://allaboutwarmovies.com/tag/children-in-war-movies/
Thx. I’ll keep searching. It can be that obscure! It was on an American cable channel.
Blue is the Warmest Color: blue-haired lesbian porn disguised as best foreign picture 2013 (seriously).
No luck again. I need to find a middle eastern film expert. In the mean time, I highly recommend the most bittersweet film ever created: “The Keys to the House” Guaranteed to make Dr. Fly cry.
I don’t like sad films
OMG what happened to the writing on House of Cards reminds me of when the Sopranos went to shit
I’m up to ep8 and it has slowed. I loved it until ep 7, especially Claire.
Just seems like totally different writers from previous seasons, very sophomoric with a piss fixation apparently lol. Maybe its a case of setting the bar too high…
I agree. I found the early episodes to be fantastic. As season 3 progressed, the writing got sloppy
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With my gains last week do I equal to the greatness of the fly yet? LOL! I’m still on a superman HIGH!!
Remember the Government is out to get us.
Just started watching House of Cards yesterday. It’s hard to follow at first. NFLX says it has three seasons posted. How many are there?
3rd season was just released
jean de florette?