Features: introduction to the film by Jean Renoir, audio commentary written by film scholar Alexander Sesonske and read by filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich, selected scene audio commentary by Renoir historian Christopher Faulkner, "Jean Renoir le Patron: La Regle et l'Exception" (1966), a French television program about "The rules of the game" featuring interviews with Renoir and actor Marcel Dalio, a new video essay about the film's production, release, and later reconstruction, Jean Gaborit and Jacques Durand discuss their reconstruction and re-release of the film (1965), new interview with Renoir's son, Alain, an assistant cameraman on the film, new interview with "The rules of the game" set designer Max Douy, written tributes to the film and Renoir by Francois Truffaut, Paul Schrader, Bertrand Tavernier, Wim Wenders, and others.
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