Jacques tatis gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in an age of high technology reached their apotheosis with playtime. Sep 19, 2017 i think jacques tati s playtime is one of the unrivaled great films of all time, but rather than talk about its socioeconomic commentary or its myriad of slapstick gags, lets take a minute to. Tati had just returned from an extensive tour of the united states, and i began by asking him for some of his reactions. Michael lavorgna jun 16, 2017 i searched high and low for the album of music from the films of jacques tati that had the most music from his films. Nov 17, 2014 32minute 1962 interview w jacques tati audio eyes on cinema. This article and interview was originally published in the mayjune 1973 issue of film comment, roughly half a year after the interview took place. French director jacques tatis films demonstrate visual comedy at its best. Jacques tati, ne jacques tatischeff le 9 octobre 1907 au pecq yvelines, pres du square portant a present son nom et mort le 4 novembre 1982 a. Dec 14, 2016 director, writer, and actor jacques tati helped build the world of physical comedy using these tools. Slapstick prevails again when jacques tatis eccentric, oldfashioned hero, monsieur hulot, is set loose in villa arpel, the geometric, oppressively ultramodern home of his brotherinlaw, and in the antiseptic plastic hose factory where he gets a job. I think jacques tatis playtime is one of the unrivaled great films of all time, but rather than talk about its socioeconomic commentary or its myriad of. His comedies, including the classics mon oncle and mr. This search took me to france, of course it did, and to tati sonorama.
October 9, 1907, 1 le pecq, seineetoise, iledefrance, france. American film maker david lynch remarks on the significance of sound. Though it features many spectacles, including clowns, jugglers, acrobats, contortionists, and more, parade also focuses on the spectators, making this strippeddown work a testament to the communion between audience and entertainment. I went to work for tati as a script consultant several weeks after i had the interview, but well before it appeared in print. With jacques tati, marcel fraval, honore bostel, francois maisongrosse. In this, his final outing, hulot is employed as an auto companys director of design, and accompanies his new product a camping car outfitted with absurd gadgetry to an auto show in amsterdam. Way back some time in the early 70s, my father bought a vcr. Sizemores anthony sinclair is obviously modeled on jacques tati in spite of the very different physiognomy.
The financial difficulties faced by jacques tati with his film playtime begun in 1961, released in 1967. An interview with jacques tati jacques tati visits marlon brando on the set of oneeyed jacks, 1961 studs terkel was a great fan of film, as evidenced by his many discussions with filmmakers, actors, and critics. I received the bluray jacques tati collection today and played a disc. Jacques tati s gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in an age of technology reached their peak with playtime. Jacques tati interview about playtime 1968 dj vensterke. His grandfather, count dimitri, had been a general in the imperial army and had served as military attache to the russian embassy in paris. The complete jacques tati the criterion collection. Tatis masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly wellchoreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers. Jacques tatis gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in an age of technology reached their peak with playtime. He wrote and starred in all his films, often playing the role of monsieur hulot. He wrote and starred in all six of the feature films that he directed. Jun 16, 2017 i searched high and low for the album of music from the films of jacques tati that had the most music from his films. Watch monsieur hulots work full movie in hd visit interview with french director jacques tati, focusing on his onsc. Though he made only a handful of films, director, writer, and actor jacques tati ranks among the most beloved of all cinematic geniuses.
As an artist, tati was not afraid to take risks nor to put his entire being into each role. Monsieur hulot, a loner, an outsider, a charming fool whose human incompetence is preferable to the inhuman competence of the life. The inspiration for jacques tatis first feature was a short film from two years before, school for postmen. The comic genius jacques tati was born taticheff, descended from a noble russian family. Original soundtrack music from the films of jacques tati. Mon oncle 1958 jacques tatis third feature is a satirical assault on the twin targets of efficiency and the modern world.
May 15, 2012 jacques tati where to find visual comedy duration. Monsieur hulots work 1976 full movie download full hd. Prior to that, tati has spent years perfecting his performance craft on the stage, honing the mimes which would become his celebrated sporting impressions in pariss theatres. Forza bastia is a 26minute film documenting a uefa cup match between psv eindhoven and french club sc bastia at the furiani stadium in 1978. Jacques tati, french filmmaker and actor who gained renown for his comic films that portrayed people in conflict with the mechanized modern world. Dec 19, 2008 jacques tatis playtime is not one of those films. I think jacques tati s playtime is one of the unrivaled great films of all time, but rather than talk about its socioeconomic commentary or its myriad of slapstick gags, lets take a minute to.
Hes original, yet he tells his cinema story the oldfashioned way by using images. Jacques tatis gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in the age of technology reached their creative apex with playtime. Hulot drives a recreational vehicle from paris to amsterdam in his usual comical, disastrous style. Alain romans 1905, poland 1988 was a french jazz composer. Monsieur hulots holiday 1953 the criterion collection. This photograph originates from a press photo archive. Nearly all of his films are included and discussed here in substantial detail, and tatis charming film personae. Jacques chabandelmas is interviewed by pressman jacques chabandelmas, politicians, fidel castro, the revolutionary. When you live in another country, like i do, its so pretentious to. Playtime is about being caught in a world filled with technology. Our interview took place in late november, two weeks before trafic began its commercial run in new york.
The complete jacques tati though he made only a handful of films, director, writer, and actor jacques tati ranks among the most beloved of all cinematic geniuses. Monsieur hulot, a loner, an outsider, a charming fool whose human incompetence is preferable to the inhuman competence of the life around him. Monsieur hulots work 1976 full movie download full hd youtube. In jacques tatis trafic, the bumbling monsieur hulot, kitted out as always with tan raincoat, beaten brown hat, and umbrella, takes to pariss highways and byways.
Tatis six feature films coincide with the period of french history known as the trente glorieuses, the thirty glorious years of rapidly rising prosperity after world. Their house is an ultramodern nightmare, which hulot only visits for the sake of stealing away his rambunctious young nephew alain becourt. Hulots holiday, are less about hilarity than what roger ebert calls an amused affection for human nature. When you live in another country, like i do, its so pretentious to give advice about what people must or mustnt do, to say that is right or that is wrong. If playback doesnt begin shortly, try restarting your. What an unbelievable treasure of information on this important aspect of the film.
For this monumental achievement, a nearly threeyearlong, bankbreaking production, tati again thrust the endearingly clumsy, resolutely oldfashioned monsieur hulot, along with a host of other. By those standards, the film that would have followed trafic 1971 would be about space travel or subways. Throughout his long career, he worked as a comic actor, writer, and director. Jul 04, 2017 jacques tati interview about playtime 1968 dj vensterke. Jacques chabandelmas is interviewed by pressman vintage. Monsieur hulot, jacques tatis endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. If you watch a lot of film essays, then youve probably heard the complaint that visual comedy is something of a lost art nowadays, with most mainstream comedies. Sep 26, 20 jacques tati gave this interview at the savoy hotel in london in 1977a full four years after he had made his last film unless we are counting forza bastia, his documentary short from 1978hence enabling the director to talk comprehensively on his lifes work. Jacques tati interview about playtime 1968 youtube. This is interview with jacques tati 1977 by nanashi no gombe on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
He was among the most innovative and influential comic filmmakers of the 20th century. Jacques tati 19081982 was the great comedian of french film, probably the greatest movie mime and visual comic since chaplin and keaton. Jacques tati, byname of jacques tatischeff, born october 9, 1908, le pecq, francedied november 5, 1982, paris, french filmmaker and actor who gained renown for his comic films that portrayed people in conflict with the mechanized modern world. In a poll conducted by entertainment weekly of the greatest movie directors, tati was voted the 46th greatest of all time. An homage to jacques tati, a 1982 french tv program featuring tati friend and set designer jacques lagrange audio interview with tati from the u. In many ways, the film is its own universe playtime s colossal set was nicknamed tativille because of its huge scale. Jacques tati great director profile senses of cinema. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live fashion learning spotlight 360 video browse channels sign in to like videos, comment, and subscribe. For this epic achievement, tati again thrust the loveably oldfashioned monsieur hulot into a modern world. Jonathan romney plays tribute to jacques tati and to. Jacques tatis monsieur hulot has now entered the world of such comic screen legends as buster keaton and charlie chaplin.
Jonathan romney plays tribute to jacques tati and to playtime, his complex comedy about modern life. With a background in music hall and mime performance, tati steadily built an evermoreambitious movie career that ultimately raised sightgag comedy to the level of high art. Abstract jacques tati 19081982 was the great comedian of. For all the films immensity, though, tati lost nothing of his sense of detaileach of the films shots is filled to the brim with things to look at. Hulot 1953 the film that brought jacques tati international acclaim also launched his onscreen alter ego. He could also be strangely related to anthony claire jake gyllenhaal in villeneuves lynch tribute, enemy. Tati s six feature films coincide with the period of french history known as the. Jacques tati explains his methods of film making, with reference here to his parody of modernism in the 1958 film mon oncle. For example, the ending of mon oncle 1958 paves the way for the technologyminded playtime 1967, and the balletic representation of cars in playtime 1967 leads to trafic 1971. Like them, tati played essentially the same character in each of his pictures.
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