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Playtime (1967)

10.0 (3 Ratings) Rate It

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Monsieur Hulot (Jacques Tati) explores the modernities of 1960s Paris.

Mon Oncle (1958)

9.0 (4 Ratings) Rate It

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1958 comedy film by French filmmaker Jacques Tati.

Comedy Classic French

Jour de fête [The Big Day] (1949)

8.5 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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Jacques Tati’s feature film directorial debut, released in 1949.

Classic comedy French

Pedro Costa recommended Playtime (1967) in Movies (curated)

Playtime (1967)

1967 | Classics, Comedy

10.0

(3 Ratings)

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"In a normal world, one would go out and walk into just any theater to see a film by Jacques Tati. Or Chaplin."

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Bill Plympton recommended Mon Oncle (1958) in Movies (curated)

Mon Oncle (1958)

1958 | Classics, Comedy

9.0

(4 Ratings)

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"Jacques Tati is one of my heroes, and this film, I believe, is his best. It parodies the influence of modern architecture and design in the late 50s. Also, Mr. Tati used just the visuals to tell a story and make people laugh. Very deadpan. I also generally discard dialogue to make the imagery carry the plot and humor."

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Stuart Cooper recommended Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (Mr.Hulot's Holiday) (1953) in Movies (curated)

". . . because I’ve seldom laughed so hard in a film and because I got to know Jacques Tati in the late sixties, around the time he was making Playtime and I was just beginning to direct."

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Ari Aster recommended Songs From The Second Floor (2000) in Movies (curated)

Songs From The Second Floor (2000)

2000 | Comedy, Drama

(0 Ratings)

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"A truly singular achievement. Roy Andersson, an artist who has taken aesthetic perfectionism to an absurd extreme, is a world treasure. If Jacques Tati merged with Ingmar Bergman and then got beaten up by Gary Larson, you'd have something approximating Andersson's sensibility – but it still wouldn't be anywhere near as wonderful."

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Alan Rudolph recommended Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (Mr.Hulot's Holiday) (1953) in Movies (curated)

"At a film festival conference a few decades past, I was asked by a solemn journalist which French director has had the most influence on me. I expressed undying appreciation of Truffaut, Godard, Renoir, but stated that the most accurate answer was that Jacques Tati left an indelible mark when I saw this film as a boy. The French hated that answer—Tati was out of favor at the time. Funny how that works. This film remains one of the most hilarious, affectionate, politely barbed creations. For me it’s a cinematic standard for human comedy."

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