tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672005424133365490.post3266429178430682192..comments2024-01-25T07:08:17.130-05:00Comments on 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: The Bitch (La chienne) 1931 **Kimberly J.M. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078951928157843937noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672005424133365490.post-78427984036101967162013-02-17T01:40:12.502-05:002013-02-17T01:40:12.502-05:00The Hays Code was something directors learned to w...The Hays Code was something directors learned to work around in America. Unfortunately for Renoir he did not have enough experience with the HC to get around their censorship.Kimberly J.M. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078951928157843937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672005424133365490.post-39362315454098478602013-02-17T00:59:52.870-05:002013-02-17T00:59:52.870-05:00I had no idea this film was banned in the US for 4...I had no idea this film was banned in the US for 40 years. I am wrecking my brain trying to figure out why. It is less sexual than the average Lubbitch film, the language is, well, French and Legrand losing everything to become a hobo is hardly unpunished crime. Sometimes (well, usually) censors take perculiar views.<br /><br />I liked this one. It is very entertaining, though as you say, not as good as La regle du Jou and Grand Illusion. TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.com