Now re released in a 122 min form in Australia, this gorgeous chrome and glass farce is so boring one almost wants to leave; then......the imagery takes over are us demanding new century cinephiles get a serve of almost perfect cartoon buffoonery akin to Harold Lloyd and Jerry Lewis colliding. Paramount tech films of the 50s and 60s that starred Lewis (like Absent Minded Professor) were the same labored and slow vaudeville set pieces that are just plain tedious today....but in their time were celebrated. PLAYTIME in its tech glory is a delight worth sitting through and it takes some deliberate patience to get to the end.......but....it will resonate for days. Perfect? yes. Boring? yes. Worth it? yes. and.... Blake Edwards, now we all know where THE PARTY came from, because it clearly lifts the entire chaotic restaurant sequence form PLAYTIME............so tedious......so clever.....so French.....eek!
