Playtime
Film details
| Film Title | Playtime |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 155mins |
| Year | 1967 |
| Country | France, Italy |
| Director | Jacques Tati |
| Actors | Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden |
| Language | French, English, German |
| Showings |
Clumsy Monsieur Hulot (Jacques Tati) finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris. He attempts to meet with a business contact but soon becomes lost. His roundabout journey parallels that of an American tourist (Barbara Dennek), and as they weave through the inventive urban environment, they intermittently meet, developing an interest in one another. They eventually get together at a chaotic restaurant, along with several other quirky characters.
Jacques Tati’s 1967 masterpiece still holds up as a feast of subtle sight gags, playful noise and, above all, visual wonders.
★★★★★
With Playtime’s monumental decor and complex choreographed gags taking place simultaneously in a constantly mutating space, Tati explored the possibilities of 70mm as they had never been utilized before.
★★★★★
Jacques Tati’s most brilliant film, a bracing reminder in this all-too-lazy era that films can occasionally achieve the status of art.
★★★★★
