Here Jacques Tati plays the famous bumbling Monsieur Hulot who has some silly adventures in the rambunctious Paris , as he is really disconcerted when arrives in the boisterous city which is filled with the modern architecture and latest technical gadgets . Caught in the buzzing tourist invasion , and causing usual vibrant chaos in his usual manner . Amusing and lively movie with enjoyable humor in which Hulot is back again in this slapstick and splendid comedy . The third of Tati's cinematic romps in which lovable Mr. Hulot (the first was ¨Mr Hulot's holiday¨ in which to be found in vacationing at a holiday seaside resort and the second : ¨My Uncle¨ in which Hulot is marred in a futuristic suburban mansion dominated by every conceivable form of embarrassing artifacts) . In Playtime 1967 Hulot roams around Paris walking here and there with a group of American tourists , while a bustling staff struggling to have a new restaurant ready for its opening night. Needles to say , Hulot's old world mentally can not adapt to this strange new environment and the result are , to put it mildly , horrific . As Mr Hulot is back again in this surprising comedy , as he attempts to keep his peculiar lifestyle in a noisy as well a bizarre Paris . A wonderful Playtime where you will discover the funny side of life's every moment. A feast for the eyes, mind and heart! . Fabulous New Fun in the tradition of his now celebrated "My Uncle" and "Mr. Hulot's Holiday" .
This delightfully lighthearted film is plentiful of original sketches and fine sentiment concerning Hulot and a group of American tourists who frequently cross their pathes . But Hulot's simple , old-fashioned world contrasted sharply against the coldness of mechanisation , obsessive consumerism and the growing uniformity of the modernist buildings and the complexity of a a big metropolis . From the beginning to the end the good humor and bland comedy are continued . The film blends tongue-in-cheek , irony , giggles , joy , jokes , social critical and being pretty bemusing and entertaining . In spite of being occasionally disorientated and runtime is overlong , the run is about two hours , isn't boring neither tiring , but funny . The gentle humor developed in the film is clever and thoughtful and the comical numbers vary between slapstick and surrealist . But it is more than just a brilliant collection of sight gags, but also an ironic observation of the foibles of human nature . The plot is plain and simple with sight gags galore, regarding the natural natural comedy to be found in Paris streets , shops and a busy nightclub/restaurant prepares its opening night, but it's still under construction . Society inability to escape social conditioning and the stress they endure in the process of 'enjoying themselves' are observed with a keen satirical eye through their interaction with each other. Although partially dubbed , this movie has a mime quality that is marvelous and magical . Jacques Tati is extraordinary as Mister Hulot ; however , this remains as Tati's most failed movie . The great Tati is top-notch with his slapstick and continuous botchers which lead to some really fun moments .
Direction and interpretation by Jacques Tati is magnificent but overlong with several scenes with no sense . Resulting to be an universally appealing blend of satire , social critique and good feelingDue to lavish production by Tati himself and a real flop at the boxoffice , Jacques went bankrupt . In fact , "Playtime", shot in 70mm, took six years to make and required the creation of a massive glass and concrete high-rise set with myriad corridors and cubicles (dubbed 'Tativille' and built at a cost of $800,000) which raised the picture's total budget to $3 million . Tati's recurrent of the common person confronted with increasingly mechanized and depersonalized society where he accidentally originates destruction , disaster and catastrophic events . Tati reinvented the visual comedy of the silent era in a style not dissimilar to that of Max Linder . This agreeable and cheerful motion picture received awesome reviews and deserves the complete knowledge because there are amount chuckles and entertainment . The flick was stunningly directed by Tati who also made other masterpieces , such as : ¨Mr Hulot's Holiday¨, ¨My Uncle , the latter was the only Tati picture to win the Academy Award for best foreign movie ; along with : ¨Jour De Fete¨ , ¨Traffic¨, and ¨Parade¨ . All of them plenty of visual gags and situations worthy of the great silence comedians and the viewing is more than enough to provide lots of laughs . The picture is nowadays considered a European cult film .
This delightfully lighthearted film is plentiful of original sketches and fine sentiment concerning Hulot and a group of American tourists who frequently cross their pathes . But Hulot's simple , old-fashioned world contrasted sharply against the coldness of mechanisation , obsessive consumerism and the growing uniformity of the modernist buildings and the complexity of a a big metropolis . From the beginning to the end the good humor and bland comedy are continued . The film blends tongue-in-cheek , irony , giggles , joy , jokes , social critical and being pretty bemusing and entertaining . In spite of being occasionally disorientated and runtime is overlong , the run is about two hours , isn't boring neither tiring , but funny . The gentle humor developed in the film is clever and thoughtful and the comical numbers vary between slapstick and surrealist . But it is more than just a brilliant collection of sight gags, but also an ironic observation of the foibles of human nature . The plot is plain and simple with sight gags galore, regarding the natural natural comedy to be found in Paris streets , shops and a busy nightclub/restaurant prepares its opening night, but it's still under construction . Society inability to escape social conditioning and the stress they endure in the process of 'enjoying themselves' are observed with a keen satirical eye through their interaction with each other. Although partially dubbed , this movie has a mime quality that is marvelous and magical . Jacques Tati is extraordinary as Mister Hulot ; however , this remains as Tati's most failed movie . The great Tati is top-notch with his slapstick and continuous botchers which lead to some really fun moments .
Direction and interpretation by Jacques Tati is magnificent but overlong with several scenes with no sense . Resulting to be an universally appealing blend of satire , social critique and good feelingDue to lavish production by Tati himself and a real flop at the boxoffice , Jacques went bankrupt . In fact , "Playtime", shot in 70mm, took six years to make and required the creation of a massive glass and concrete high-rise set with myriad corridors and cubicles (dubbed 'Tativille' and built at a cost of $800,000) which raised the picture's total budget to $3 million . Tati's recurrent of the common person confronted with increasingly mechanized and depersonalized society where he accidentally originates destruction , disaster and catastrophic events . Tati reinvented the visual comedy of the silent era in a style not dissimilar to that of Max Linder . This agreeable and cheerful motion picture received awesome reviews and deserves the complete knowledge because there are amount chuckles and entertainment . The flick was stunningly directed by Tati who also made other masterpieces , such as : ¨Mr Hulot's Holiday¨, ¨My Uncle , the latter was the only Tati picture to win the Academy Award for best foreign movie ; along with : ¨Jour De Fete¨ , ¨Traffic¨, and ¨Parade¨ . All of them plenty of visual gags and situations worthy of the great silence comedians and the viewing is more than enough to provide lots of laughs . The picture is nowadays considered a European cult film .