Playtime (Blu-ray Disc, 2009, Criterion Collection) 
Playtime (Blu-ray Disc, 2009, Criterion Collection)

 
Playtime (Blu-ray Disc, 2009, Criterion Collection)

Leading Role: Barbara Dennek
Director: Jacques Tati
Rating: Not Rated
Release Date: Aug 2009
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Additional Info: Criterion Collection
UPC: 715515047616
Product ID: EPID73792608
Description: Jacques Tati's spectacular cinematic art reached its peak in the gargantuan achievement of this film, PLAYTIME. Marking the third appearance of Tati's Mr. Magoo-like character, Mr. Hulot, PLAYTIME takes as its subject modern technology a...
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Movie Description
Jacques Tati's spectacular cinematic art reached its peak in the gargantuan achievement of this film, PLAYTIME. Marking the third appearance of Tati's Mr. Magoo-like character, Mr. Hulot, PLAYTIME takes as its subject modern technology and its sometimes disastrous and always hilarious effects on the people living within it. As in most Tati films, a minimal plot (the parallel paths of Hulot and a group of American tourists), is held together by a seamless ballet of visual, aural, and conceptual gags. Tati constructed an enormous set, Tativille, rendering a high modern contemporary Paris decked in chrome, mirrors, and glass within which the surreal slapstick of PLAYTIME unfolds. Filmed in 70mm Technicolor, with sound recorded on a seven-channel stereo, the film approaches the city from a bird's eye perspective showing the complex yet abstract machinations of people and their technologies, with each character linked to the other and the whole ensemble dependant on the giant grid of the modern city. Objects, people, and sounds vie for the viewer's attention and all exert equal fascination and comedic power in the circus of Tati's modern life. From the airport to the high rise to the nightclub, Hulot weaves in and out of view, leaving a trail of bumped heads, offended sensibilities and curious glances in his wake.

Credits
Producer:René Silvera
Cast:Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden

Details
Edition:Criterion Collection

Editorial Reviews
"...Never was Tati's mastery of sound effects more inspired than in PLAYTIME..."
Los Angeles Times - Kevin Thomas (05/14/1998)

"...Anyone who savors the distinctively visual styles of Jerry Lewis and Blake Edwards will find a kindred creation in Tati's most elaborately designed masterpiece..."
USA Today - Mike Clark (08/30/1996)

"This 1967 film was Jacques Tati's finest achievement."
Uncut - Uncut Staff (10/01/2004)

"[E]nding in glorious fashion with a traffic jam that's treated as a slow-motion carnival ride."
Sight and Sound - Geoffrey Macnab (11/01/2004)

"The trench-coated Everyman hovers on the periphery of astonishingly sustained slice-of-life long shots." -- Grade: A
Entertainment Weekly - Steve Daly (09/22/2006)

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