Rules of the Game Excerpt 7: The Party — the audience and the stage; death; sequence shot (4’29”)
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Rules of the Game Excerpt 7: The Party — the audience and the stage; death; sequence shot (4’29”)
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| 1. | Discuss the beginning of this excerpt (shot sizes, camera movements). |
| 2. | How are the stage and the hall brought together in one homogeneous space here? |
| 3. | What is the function of the curtain as regards the public-private opposition? Why is the action behind the curtain ironical in this regard? |
| 4. | What important detail do we note in the background of the following shot, when the music begins again? |
| 5. | Discuss the beginning of the “Danse macabre” scene (shot sizes, camera movements). What is the importance of the player piano? |
| 6. | How may we interpret the image in the mirror (next to the servants who are watching the show)? |
| 7. | What is the thematic importance of the ghosts invading the hall (and the spectators’ fear)? |
| 8. | Discuss the sequence shot towards the end of this scene, which begins just after Marceau kisses Lisette, with Schumacher appearing in the background; camera movements, shot sizes, action, characters, play of light and shadow. |
| 9. | How is the theme of theater emphasized at the end of this whole sequence? |