Everyone has their reasons.

The Rules of the Game

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Justifications and rationales

Speaker

Octave

Actor

Jean Renoir

Source

The Rules of the Game

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Satire (film) Drama Satire

Language

French

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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La règle du jeu [The Rules of the Game.] Directed by Jean Renoir, Nouvelle Édition Française, 1939.

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1939 1930s 20th century
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The Wizard of Oz. Directed by Victor Fleming. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.

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Time
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To name an object is to take away three-fourths of the pleasure given by a poem. This pleasure consists in guessing little by little to suggest it, that is the ideal.

Jules Huret

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Names Poetry
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Stephane Mallarme [Etienne Mallarme]

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Jules Huret
Language
French
Time
1891 1890s 19th century
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Mallarme, Stephane. Quoted in "Sur l'Evolution Litteraire [On Literary Evolution]." Enquete de Huret [Investigation by Jules Huret]. Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1891.