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Some thoughts upon watching the Rules of the Game. I also watched the documentary, which only drove the clear point home harder - the film's critique of the privelaged class.An expert upon expert continued to state that the film exposed the horrendous problem in the upper class society - mostly concerning, or revolving around, the rampant infidelity.
Fair enough... I am sure there's plenty of that.
However, I think it is hypocritical to suggest that there is less of that going on in other classes, and that the privileged somehow got the license on bad behavior.
I spent enough time living among the working class to know full well ITS deadly deseases. Alcoholism. Spousal abuse. Rampant infidelity. Insest. Crime. Drug use. And on and on and on. These are ugly, revolting, decapitating things that go on every day.
To be fair, we often see the movies about this wretched life, that present it as it is.
However... however... those are never presented as some revelations about the vices of the working class.
So we have that purely lopsided conclusion here. Every bad thing that goes on in the privileged class is the sign of its decadence and decay.
But none of the VERY SAME things that go on every day in the proletarian class are ever presented as something endemic, something that is perhaps the result of that class' mentality and even philosophy.
Infidelity is perhaps even more common among the lower classes than the top ones. Then why all that obsession with "exposing the deadly sores of the rulling class, of the bourgeoisie"?
The responsibility for that injustice falls not just on the movie directors - as they usually are not as vocal about their work. Mostly people who are responsible for that attempt at crookedly shaping our minds are the movie critics and historian.
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Much better than the old tapes, but still short of what I am used to expect of Criterion. For instance the Grand Illusion is far superior. Likely they did their best, but the original was just too damaged.Overall it is extremely enjoyable... I would certainly get it. I rented, but will buy it on ebay later.
There was no " Original " anymore as it has been destroyed by English or US bombardements over paris.
Only copy.
Still better than W & P.........Hehehe
A must.
It is like some thing covered with dust and moisture coming to live a gain, pale but vigorous.
The Rules of the Game is what...60 years old?
The reason it was considered imperative for the ruling classes to "behave" is that they were held up as the model to which others should aspire---and it was the class from which leaders, especially in France, were selected.
If they were seen as corrupt and vice-ridden as the others, well then...
Of course, grinding poverty has its singular problems (and I'm not talking specifically about the US), i.e. not too many of the rich find prostitution, drug sales, or crime their ONLY life choices.
How did you manage to cram the condemnation of one class and excuse for the other in just one brief post?***i.e. not too many of the rich find prostitution, drug sales, or crime their ONLY life choices.
Surely many of them find adultery as the ONLY life choice - as the way to escape their demanding and stressful life.
You are perfect example of what I was talking about - blind class dislike.
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RubenSan Francisco, California
Artists portray the reality, then the social engineers step in.Something like Down and Dirty is 1000 times more damning than the RUles of the Game, yet it is never considered a "class" film.
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