Rules of the Game Excerpt 9: Schumacher tries to shoot Marceau; play and reality (2’03”)
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Rules of the Game Excerpt 9: Schumacher tries to shoot Marceau; play and reality (2’03”)
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| 1. | Describe the shot at the beginning of this sequence. Discuss both the bursting of Schumacher and Marceau into this space and the reaction of the guests. What do the latter think? |
| 2. | How is the “theater” theme made explicit here (Corneille)? |
| 3. | What happens to the music from the mechanical organ (seen in the background) towards the end of this sequence? How is this related to the theme of the “rules of the game”? Note: the word for “rules” (“régler”) in French also means “to set”; the word for “game” (“jeu”) also means “mechanism.” |