Collection of feature films from french actordirector jacques tati. Jacques tatischeff 9 october 1907 5 november 1982, tati for short, was a comedian and filmmaker born in yvelines, france. After observing the highspeed efficiency of the american postal serivice, the postman, francois tati, of a sleepy french town is inspired to add a little excitement into his delivery route. Trafic was the last film to feature tati s famous character of monsieur hulot, and followed the vein of earlier tati films that lampooned modern society. The lesson, i guess, is that if you want to survive the era of modern technology, its no more mr. Jonathan romney plays tribute to jacques tati and to playtime, his complex comedy about modern life. This set from criterion brings together each of director jacques tatis six feature films. In jacques tati s trafic, the bumbling monsieur hulot, kitted out as always with tan raincoat, beaten brown hat, and umbrella, takes to pariss highways and byways. This set from criterion brings together each of director jacques tati s six feature films.
Traffic was the movie which first got me into tati s work. Many of them can be seen regularly on the excellent and prolific blog the hulot. Slapstick prevails again when jacques tatis eccentric, oldfashioned hero, is set loose. Hulot designs an ingenious camper car with lots of clever features. Jacques tati this months dotm was written by ufletchdoesnotlive a veritable phenom of movie knowledge crammed into a young persons cranium. Mon oncle, a film by jacques tati, 1958, 116min, in french with. He worked as a professional rugby player and a music hall performer before getting involved in french cinema. In jacques tati s trafic, the bumbling monsieur hulot takes to pariss highways and byways. Also included are a smattering of short films he made. Traffic the low spark of highheeeled boys full album.
A not inconsiderable portion of invention and tone setting just in the title sequence, from jacques tatis second film starring himself as mr. For the new head of the office of national drug control policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his welleducated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. It offers digital restorations of tatis six features. Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a. Tati, jacques article about tati, jacques by the free. Play time 1967 by jacques tati a comedy film about modernist. After having previously released director jacques tatis monsieur hulots holiday, mon oncle, and trafic on dvd and playtime on dvd and. In jacques tatiis trafic, the bumbling monsieur hulot, outfitted as always with tan raincoat, beaten brown hat, and umbrella, takes to paris.
Original soundtrack music from the films of jacques tati. Hulots holiday 1953 jacques tati, nathalie pascaud all region. 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. Hearken back to trafic the next time youre stuck in a traffic accident or the freeway is congested, or to playtime if youre in a particularly stuffy nightclub. Hulot, mon oncle, 1958, winner of the academy award for best foreign language film. Jacques tati jacques tati s fifth and final feature, a laughfilled look at modern society and the automobile, captures the absurdities of human behavior on the street and behind the wheel. Jacques tati last works trafic is great with very good direction and screenplay. French with english subtitles starring jacques tati directed by jacques tati. After the success of mon oncle in 1958, jacques tati had become fed. Jul, 2009 hommage a jacques tati tribute to jacques tati duration.
In a poll conducted by entertainment weekly of the greatest movie directors, tati was voted the 46th greatest of all time. In traffic, tatis monsieur hulot is a resourceful automobile salesman en route to an. Apr 26, 2017 trafic jacques tati, 1971 april 26, 2017 b. Here tati is highlighting how modern furniture is seen to be subpar or. 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. As a semiprofessional rugby player, he entertained his teammates with physical, nonverbal comedy, developing a. To kick off our summer series weve selected jacques tatis 1967 masterpiece, playtime. Fields, jacques tati reinvented the slapstick genre with his tall, bumbling, trenchcoated, and pipe. Traffic was the movie which first got me into tatis work.
Along with the companys manager and publicity model, hulot sets out from paris with the intention of debuting the car at the annual auto show in amsterdam. Trafic 1971 seq 01 muted by marc wathieu on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Jacques tati, maria kimberly, marcel fraval, honore bostel. 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. Trafic 1971 with english subtitel jacques tati youtube. Jacques tati jacques tatis fifth and final feature, a laughfilled look at modern society and the automobile, captures the absurdities of human behavior on the street and behind the wheel. Jacques tati and stanley kubrick in new boxed sets the. Jacques tati and french film comedy film the guardian. Trafic traffic is a 1971 italianfrench comedy film directed by jacques tati. In this, his final outing, hulot is employed as an auto companys director of design, and accompanies his new product a camper outfitted with absurd gadgetry to an auto show. The complete jacques tati available from criterion as a box of seven blurays or 10 dvds is a model of fulsome yet frugal packaging. Trafic proved to be one of tati s final screen projects. Tati s six feature films coincide with the period of french history known as the. Jacques tatischeff in le pecq, france, 9 october 1908.
So thorough is criterions jacques tati box set that its disc of short films consists mainly of work tati did not direct. Oct 16, 2015 i came across a wonderful new poster the other day by portuguese illustrator andre letria for jacques tatis 1971 comedy trafic, which reminded me of how tati, above all filmmakers with the possible exceptions of stanley kubrick and wes anderson continually lends himself to different graphic renditions. Intended as more of a crowdpleaser after the expensive failure of his hulot masterwork playtime 1967, tatis trenchcoated naif contends with the fallout of car mania as he escorts a fully loaded camper car to an amsterdam auto show, including a pompous public. The directors second to last feature, jacques tatis trafic also became the swan song of his popular mr. Hulots holiday, are less about hilarity than what roger ebert calls an amused affection for human nature. 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.
The comic genius jacques tati was born taticheff, descended from a noble russian family. Region 2 this dvd may not be viewable outside europe. While traffic lacks the endearment of mon oncle or m hulots holiday it retains tati s eye for understated visual humour. Throughout his long career, he worked as a comic actor, writer, and director. Hulot drives a recreational vehicle from paris to amsterdam in his usual comic, disasterous style. Stanton for all the acclaim he has received, both popular and critical, how can it be that jacques tati still features so rarely on lists of, say, the ten greatest film directors. In a poll conducted by entertainment weekly of the greatest movie directors, tati was voted the. Tati ist ein clown wie charlie chaplin, buster keaton oder harold lloyd. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Influenced by too much wine and a newsreel account of rapid transportation methods used by the united states. Jacques tatis mon oncle 1958 original french video.
A not inconsiderable portion of invention and tone setting just in the title sequence, from jacques tati s second film starring himself as mr. Naturally, the road there is paved with modernage mishaps. 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. While traffic lacks the endearment of mon oncle or m hulots holiday it. Im disappointed your classmates didnt find trafic very funny, but then again, this is not the point when you watch a tati movie. Hulot drives a recreational vehicle from paris to amsterdam in. His comedies, including the classics mon oncle and mr. The second hulot movie and tatis first color film, mon oncle is a supremely. In jacques tatis trafic, the bumbling monsieur hulot, outfitted as always with tan. Alain romans 1905, poland 1988 was a french jazz composer. In this, his final outing, hulot is employed as an auto companys director of design, and accompanies his new product a camper outfitted with absurd gadgetry to an auto show in amsterdam. Hulot drives a recreational vehicle from paris to amsterdam in his usual comical, disastrous style.
In jacques tatis trafic the bumbling monsieur hulot outfitted as always with tan. In jacques tatis trafic, the bumbling monsieur hulot takes to pariss highways and byways. Trafic is a movie starring jacques tati, marcel fraval, honore bostel, francois maisongrosse. The ntsc edition offers french mono audio and optional english subtitles. The going isnt easy, however, and the group encounters an increasingly bizarre series of.
With jacques tati, marcel fraval, honore bostel, francois maisongrosse. Dont be put off by the fact it is in french with subtitles, tati films dont have much talking and where there is the subtitles are clear. Interview from 1971 with the cast of trafic, from the french television program le. Hulot is the head designer of the altra automotive co. Visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 7. Trafic proved to be one of tatis final screen projects. Hulot alongside in his car and a spoiled, trendy pr exec, the young maria, in her sports car. 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. His grandfather, count dimitri, had been a general in the imperial army and had served as military attache to the russian embassy in paris.
His latest invention is a newfangled camper car loaded with outrageous extra features. You still get the feeling from this film that, were tati around. The complete jacques tati the criterion collection. Short film, cowritten by and starring tati, directed by jacques berr. Trafic 1971 jacques tati synopsis, characteristics. The story centres around getting a prototype car from france to a motor show in rotterdam and as you may imagine things do not go smoothly. Trafficthe low spark of highheeeled boys full album. An exploration of the united states of americas war on drugs from multiple perspectives.
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