On Episode 219 of Floating Through Film, we're continuing our series picked by Dany, Jean Renoir! On this second week of the series, Dany starts the episode by speaking about the importance of depth of field in relation to Renoir's cinema (8:00). We then review his most popular film, the 1939 canon classic The Rules of the Game (35:50), followed by what some consider his American remake of The Rules of the Game, 1946's The Diary of a Chambermaid (2:09:31). We hope you enjoy!
Sources mentioned:
- "Montage" by Jacques Aumont
- "Jean Renoir" by Raymond Durgnat
- "Jean Renoir" by Andre Bazin
- "Cracking Gilles Deleuze's Crystal: Narrative Space-time in the Films of Jean Renoir" by Barry Nevin
- "Jean Renoir: The World of his Films" by Leo Braudy
- "Montage" by Jean Narboni, Sylvie Pierre and Jacques Rivette (Cahiers du Cinéma, No. 210, March 1969)
- Renoir Interview with Jacques Rivette and Francois Truffaut (Cahiers du Cinéma No. 34 + 35, April + May 1945)
Episode Next Week: Jean Renoir Week 3 (The Woman on the Beach + The River)
Music:
- Intro: The Rules of the Game
- Break: The Diary of a Chambermaid
- Outro: The Rules of the Game
Hosts:
Luke Seay (LB: https://letterboxd.com/seayluke/, Twitter: https://x.com/luke67s)
Blake Tourville (LB: https://letterboxd.com/blaketourville/, Twitter: https://x.com/vladethepoker)
Dany Joshuva (LB: https://letterboxd.com/djoshuva/, Twitter: https://x.com/grindingthefilm)
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