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| Jean Renoir (1897 - 1979) |
Jean Renoir, son of the painter Auguste Renoir, is arguably the greatest of French film directors. Charles Chaplin, Orson Welles and other cited him as the "Greatest director of all time". Personally, I love his films with one exception. I fully recognise that LA REGLE DU JEU, which many rate as his finest achievement, deserves all the praise heaped upon it. It certainly is a "must see" for anybody seriously interested in the cinema but I have never warmed to it and can't explain why - my loss, I am sure. As for the rest, I can watch them time and time again. Jean Renoir films in my collection are: CHARLESTON (1928) THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL (1928) BOUDU SAVED FROM DROWNING (1932) TONI (1935) PARTIE DE COMPAGNE (36) LA GRANDE ILLUSION (1938) LA BETE HUMAINE (1938) LA REGLE DU JEU (1939) THE SOUTHERNER (1945)WOMAN ON THE BEACH (1947) THE RIVER (1951) THE GOLDEN COACH (1952) FRENCH CAN-CAN (1954) THE TESAMENT OF DR. CORDELIER (1959) PICNIC ON THE GRASS (1959) THE VANISHING CORPORAL (1962)
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My vault is woefully under-Renoired at the mo' but I have several on your list already in me queue!
Renoir films in my OWN DVD collection: LA GRANDE ILLUSION, THE RULES OF THE GAME and THE RIVER.
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