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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Jacques Tati |
| Stars: |
Barbara Dennek |
| Actors: |
Rita Maiden |
| Genre: |
Foreign Films |
| Subgenre: |
Mishaps · Recommended · Farce · Slapstick Comedy · Paris · France · French |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: 2-Disc Set |
| UPC: |
037429155820 |
| Release Date: |
1967 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 48min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
French |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: 2-Disc Set, 2hr 4min
Release Company: Image Entertainment, Inc. (September 05, 2006)
UPC: 715515020022 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 48min
Release Company: New Line Home Video (March 28, 1991)
UPC: 042995604436 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Jacques LaGrange |
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Professional Reviews
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(10/01/2004, p.160, Uncut Staff): "This 1967 film was Jacques Tati's finest achievement." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Jacques Tati's spectacular cinematic art reached its peak in the gargantuan achievement of this film, PLAYTIME. Marking the third appearance of Tati's Mr. Magoo-like character, Mr. Hulot, PLAYTIME takes as its subject modern technology and its sometimes disastrous and always hilarious effects on the people living within it. As in most Tati films, a minimal plot (the parallel paths of Hulot and a group of American tourists), is held together by a seamless ballet of visual, aural, and conceptual gags. Tati constructed an enormous set, Tativille, rendering a high modern contemporary Paris decked in chrome, mirrors, and glass within which the surreal slapstick of PLAYTIME unfolds. Filmed in 70mm Technicolor, with sound recorded on a seven-channel stereo, the film approaches the city from a bird's eye perspective showing the complex yet abstract machinations of people and their technologies, with each character linked to the other and the whole ensemble dependant on the giant grid of the modern city. Objects,... |
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