Showing: Jacques Tati  
Jour de fête

Even in this early work, Tati was brilliantly toying with the devices (silent visual gags, minimal yet deftly deployed sound effects) and exploring the theme (the absurdity of our increasing reliance on technology) that would define his cinema.

Jacques Tati France, 1949
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Mon oncle

Mon oncle is a supremely amusing satire of mechanized living and consumer society that earned the director the Academy Award for best foreign-language film.

Jacques Tati France, 1958
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Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday

Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another.

Jacques Tati France, 1953
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Parade

For his final film, Jacques Tati takes his camera to the circus, where the director himself serves as master of ceremonies.

Jacques Tati France, 1974
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PlayTime

Jacques Tati’s gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in an age of high technology reached their apotheosis with PlayTime, a lasting record of a modern era tiptoeing on the edge of oblivion.

Jacques Tati Italy, 1967
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Trafic

In this, his final outing, Hulot is employed as an auto company’s director of design, and accompanies his new product (a “camping car” outfitted with absurd gadgetry) to an auto show in Amsterdam.

Jacques Tati France, 1971
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