La Regle du Jeu (Renoir, 1939): BFI Southbank, NFT3, 8.40pm
This film is screening as part of the Sight & Sound greatest films of all time poll season and is also being shown on September 19. Details here.
If forced to make a choice this would count as my favourite film, one which has appeared in Sight & Sound's top 10 list since its inception in 1952.
Chicago Reader review:
'Its Paris opening in 1939 was a disaster: the film was withdrawn, recut,
and eventually banned by the occupying forces for its “demoralizing”
effects. It was not shown again in its complete form until 1965, when it
became clear that here, perhaps, was the greatest film ever made. “The
rules of the game,” said Jean Renoir, “are those which must be observed
in society if one wishes to avoid being crushed.” His protagonist, a
pilot (Roland Toutain), breaks the rules: he believes that his love for a
wealthy married woman (Nora Gregor) is strong enough to lift him above
society, above morality. At a weekend hunting party, he learns it is
not—that nothing is.' Dave Kehr
Here is the trailer.
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