The Rules of the Game
The Rules of the Game( original French title: La Règle du Jeu) is a 1939 French comedy- drama satirical film directed by Jean Renoir.
It features an ensemble cast of Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Marcel Dalio, Julien Carette, Roland Toutain, Gaston Modot, Pierre Magnier and Jean Renoir himself.
Renoir's portrayal of the wise, mournful Octave anchors the fatalistic mood of this pensive comedy of manners.
The film depicts members of upper-class French society and their servants just before the beginning of World War II, showing their moral callousness on the eve of impending destruction.
" The Rules of the Game" was the most expensive French film up to that time, with its original budget of 2.5 million francs increased to over five million.
When directing the film, Renoir and cinematographer Jean Bachelet made use of deep- focus cinematography and long shots during which the camera is constantly moving, both sophisticated cinematic techniques in 1939.
Renoir's career in France was at its pinnacle in 1939, and" The Rules of the Game" was eagerly anticipated; however, its premiere was met with scorn and disapproval by both critics and audiences.
Renoir reduced the film's running time from 113 minutes to 85, but even then the film was a critical and financial disaster.
In October 1939, it was banned by the wartime French government for" having an undesirable influence over the young".
For many years, the 85- minute version was the only one available, but despite this its reputation slowly grew.
In 1956, boxes of original material were rediscovered and a reconstructed version of the film premiered that year at the Venice Film Festival, with only a minor scene from Renoir's first cut missing.
Since then," The Rules of the Game" has often been called one of the greatest films in the history of cinema.
Numerous film critics and directors have praised it highly, citing it as an inspiration for their own work.
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Waco: The Rules of Engagement
Waco: The Rules of Engagement is a 1997 documentary directed by William Gazecki about the 1993" Waco Siege", a 51- day standoff beginning with the February 28 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms assault on the Branch Davidian church and home outside of Waco, Texas and ending with the April 19th Federal Bureau of Investigations assault on the building which killed most of the inhabitants.
The film was spearheaded by Second Amendment activist turned filmmaker Michael McNulty who spent twenty- eight months and$ 400,000 developing the film.
Later former CNN business news reporter Dan Gifford and his wife Amy Sommer Gifford came in as co-producers, supplying almost another one million dollars.
Director William Gazecki joined McNulty in traveling the country to interview and film participants for the film.
Gifford, Gazecki and McNulty wrote the script.
The resultant film, with Dan Gifford narrating, combined FBI negotiation tapes, Davidian home videos, footage from Congressional hearings on Waco, and extensive interviews with Davidian survivors, representatives of law enforcement, independent investigators, scholars and scientists.
The film painted a dark picture of law enforcement actions, accusing FBI agents of shooting into the building at Davidians on April 19.
The film was unveiled at the Sundance Film Festival in January 1997.
In that year it won a News& Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Because of a falling out between Michael McNulty and Dan and Amy Gifford, different cuts of this documentary have been produced.
The version available today on video is a 135- minute cut.
Michael McNulty would go on to make" Waco: A New Revelation" released in 1999 and" The F.L.I.R. Project" released in 2001.

Question: Which film was released more recently, Calling All Curs or Waco: The Rules Of Engagement?
Answer: Waco: The Rules Of Engagement