trinketsinthegrotto: The Rules of the Game (1939) dir. Jean Renoir soooo I made a second attempt last night to watch this film.  I had started it early last week and gave up a few scenes in because I needed to pack.  Last night I took a break from unpacking to give it another try (because the DVD is due back to the library today) and I just couldn’t do it.  I stopped 30 minutes in and went back to unpacking. It seems strange how much I disliked this one, given that I really really enjoyed Grand Illusion.  I even watched Grand Illusion twice in a weekend so I could listen to the commentary! Well, despite sharing the same director, they are very different films.  I’d likely better be able to contrast them if I could stand to watch the rest of The Rules of the Game… but I don’t think that’s going to happen any time soon.
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trinketsinthegrotto:

The Rules of the Game (1939) dir. Jean Renoir

soooo I made a second attempt last night to watch this film.  I had started it early last week and gave up a few scenes in because I needed to pack. 

Last night I took a break from unpacking to give it another try (because the DVD is due back to the library today) and I just couldn’t do it.  I stopped 30 minutes in and went back to unpacking.

It seems strange how much I disliked this one, given that I really really enjoyed Grand Illusion.  I even watched Grand Illusion twice in a weekend so I could listen to the commentary!

Well, despite sharing the same director, they are very different films.  I’d likely better be able to contrast them if I could stand to watch the rest of The Rules of the Game… but I don’t think that’s going to happen any time soon.

vintageanchor: The first film version of “Pride & Prejudice” was made by Metro Golden Mayer, and released in 1940. The movie was directed by Robert Z. Leonard from a screenplay by Hunt Stromberg, Aldous Huxley, Helen Jerome. and Jane Murfin; and starred Laurence Olivier, Greer Garson, Maureen O’Sullivan, Edna May Oliver, Mary Boland, and Edmund Gwenn. Aldous Huxley worked on the screenplay?!?! The costuming in this version is so ridiculous, but I do love Greer Garson.
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vintageanchor:

The first film version of “Pride & Prejudice” was made by Metro Golden Mayer, and released in 1940. The movie was directed by Robert Z. Leonard from a screenplay by Hunt Stromberg, Aldous Huxley, Helen Jerome. and Jane Murfin; and starred Laurence Olivier, Greer Garson, Maureen O’Sullivan, Edna May Oliver, Mary Boland, and Edmund Gwenn.

Aldous Huxley worked on the screenplay?!?!

The costuming in this version is so ridiculous, but I do love Greer Garson.