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Modern Paris, a city of glass, steel and the encroaching age of technology. Amidst the babble of tourists, the endearingly clumsy Monsieur Hulot tries to reconcile the old-fashioned ways with the confusing new ways. Jacques Tati's gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusi...

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Corporate Authors: Janus Films, Films de Mon Oncle (Firm), Kanopy (Firm) (publishing company.)
Other Authors: Tati, Jacques (Actor, Screenwriter), Lagrange, Jacques (Contributor), Lagrange, Jacques, 1917-1995 (Screenwriter), Buchwald, Art (Screenwriter), Badal, Jean, 1927-2015 (director of photography.), Winding, Andréas, 1928-1977 (director of photography.), Dennek, Barbara (Actor), Maiden, Rita (Actor), Rumilly, France (Actor), Delahalle, France (Actor), Camille, Velerie (Actor), Dentzler, Erika (Actor), Field, Alice, 1903-1969 (Actor), Paillette, Laure, 1906-1968 (Actor), Proust, Colette (Actor), Kearns, Billy (Actor), Barsacq, Yves (Actor), Fouché, André (Actor), Montant, Georges (Actor), Abbey, John, 1935- (Actor), Kolldehoff, Reinhard, 1914-1995 (Actor), Francini, Michel (Actor), Viaur, François, 1930-2002 (Actor), Monjou, Marc (Actor), Lemarque, Francis (composer (expression)), Campbell-Badiane, James (composer (expression))
Format: Electronic Video
Language:French
English
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
Series:Criterion collection ; 112.
Subjects:
Hulot, > Monsieur (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Technology > 20th century > Drama.
Paris (France) > Social life and customs > 20th century > Drama.
Motion pictures, French.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Fiction films.
Internet videos.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Online Access: Streaming video (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:Kanopy
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Summary:Modern Paris, a city of glass, steel and the encroaching age of technology. Amidst the babble of tourists, the endearingly clumsy Monsieur Hulot tries to reconcile the old-fashioned ways with the confusing new ways. Jacques Tati's gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in an age of high technology reached their apotheosis with PLAYTIME. For this monumental achievement, a nearly three-year-long, bank-breaking production, Tati again thrust the lovably old-fashioned Monsieur Hulot, along with a host of other lost souls, into a baffling modern world, this time Paris. With every inch of its superwide frame crammed with hilarity and inventiveness, PLAYTIME is a lasting record of a modern era tiptoeing on the edge of oblivion.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 124 min.) : sound, color.
Playing Time:02:04:06
Awards:Bodil Awards, Best European Film, 1969
Faro Island Film Festival, Best Film, Best Director, 1967
Moscow International Film Festival, Silver Prize, Director, 1969
Production Credits:Dialogue anglais de Art Buchwald ; directeur de la photographie, Jean Badal, Andréas Winding ; production manager, Michel Chauvin ; costumes, Jacques Cottin ; sound director, Jacques Maumont ; editor, Gérard Pollicand ; music, Francis Lemarque and James Campbell.
Participant or Performer:Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maïden, France Rumilly, France Delahalle, Valérie Camille, Erika Dentzler, Nicole Ray, Yvette Ducreux, Nathalie Jem, Jacqueline Lecomte, Oliva Poli, Alice Field, Sophie Wennek, Evy Cavallaro, Laure Paillette, Colette Proust, Luce Bonifassy, Ketty France, Eliane Firmin-Didot, Billy Kearns, Tony Andal, Yves Barsacq, André Fouché, Georges Montant, Georges Faye, John Abbey, Reinhart Kolldehoff, Michel Francini, Grégoire Katz, Jack Gauthier, Henri Piccoli, Léon Doyen, François Viaur, Douglas Read, Bob Harley, Jacques Chauveau, Gilbert Reeb, Marc Monjou, Billy Bourbon.
Language:Soundtrack in French, with optional English subtitles.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Title from title frames.

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