Playtime - businessman

Here is a scene from Playtime, by Jacques Tati.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Tati
• Playtime

[hippieking]

Incredible scene, pure genius. Tati was the best.

[kissinbooth]

What a pity when I showed this to some teenage students in class and they are completely clueless about the movie...

[Katyabb]

Delicious

[12rosebud12]

I can't blame them. Hulot's Holiday & My Uncle were funny in their endearing little ways, but WHAT is supposed to be funny about this movie, pray? More of a tragedy and the ruin of a man who missed to bow out at the peak of his success and destroyed his entire principal in the process.

[danshaggy292]

To be fair, Playtime may not be the best movie to start with if you are introducing people to Tati. Although fantastic, it is a bit of a slow starter. Might be best to start with Les Vacances... - there are loads of little sketches in there to keep people entertained. With Playtime, you're kind of waiting for something to happen.

Good to see that the legend of Tati lives on and is being passed on from generation to generation, though!

[skonatrix]

most amazing dark comedy ever

[danshaggy292]

I love watching Hulot being completely fascinated with this guy. And the sounds are brilliant - my favourite is the zip as he closes the briefcase.

[AntinousIsGod1]

I own the australian DVD of this film which has the same trasfer as the first OOP criterion DVD. In one scene - I forget which one it is - there is a sudden pause and then a cut to a new scene. Does anyone else have this problem? Is this specific cut, among others on my version of the DVD because I have the international version or is my DVD just faulty?

Thanks.

[IzzyIsou]

One of my all time favorite movies! Tati was a genius when it came to sound and dubbing. Thank you for posting.

[GoblinGirl]

Very true. I still have to see it in a theater in 70mm.