The Stranger's Charles Mudede says: "Artists always face this real danger. A work (film, book, song) may not be recognized by the society they find themselves in. No matter how great it is, it is out of time. Its place is not in the now but the future. Such was the case with one of Jean Renoir's three masterpieces, The Rules of the Game. Made in 1939, and concerning a French upper-class world that's in decline—and containing one of the most vivid hunting scenes in the history of cinema—it's hard to believe the film was a major flop, and was even censored. Artists fear being too good for their own good."