Rules Of The Game Cinematic Techniques

The Rules of the Game is an example of vernacular modernism due to the various ways and instances in which it uses cinematic techniques, particularly of high modernist cinema, to address social and political issues. One such instance is the use of the long take at the climax of the film which emphasizes the use of satire to critique the obliviousness and selfishness of the upper-class guests, as well as to highlight social similarities between people of different classes. The various couples carrying out affairs, including those of the upper-class, Christine, Andre, Marquis, and Octave, and and those of lower classes Lisette, Edouard, and Marceau, are running around the halls and ballroom, both frantically chasing after and evading one another.