The Rules Of The Game: Andre’s Arrival At La Coliniere

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talking about children’s sore throats. The two halt as they see the arriving aviator, and Christine’s clenched hands and rigid, immobile posture make notable expression of the tension she feels regarding their forthcoming meeting. Rather than cutting, the stationary camera tracks ninety degrees until it is behind the two women. The continuous camera movement reveals the object of her attention and smoothly integrates the two into one shot. The mise en scene of this particular shot lends many important insights into the nature of their relationship. As a somewhat subjective shot, it shows the importance of this arrival into the stationary Christine’s world. The doorway, located in the lower left corner of the screen, frames the approaching men. As Andre steps into the door, he sees her and stops in his tracks. They both stand motionless, and the subjective visual composition emphasizes the great distance between the two. The diagonal of the staircase leads right into Christine, ...

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with the women. The general congratulates him and says, “You’re a real man. The race is dying out.” Men have already been called “naive” by the marquis, and will be called “crazy” by Christine. In fact, this innocent hero with his head in the clouds is so hopelessly in love with Christine that he risked his life flying for her. Andre’s love is so ungovernable that one might very well call him naive and crazy. One by one, the women step forward to kiss him, and it cuts to a medium close-up of Christine, in the middle of two other women. She asks if she may kiss him, and she speaks uncertainly with thicker tongue than the others do. This slower method of speaking gives Christine more ...

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