Playtime

Locations
Call Number: DVD FLC-FRE Playtime
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 1st Floor 1-week checkout	DVD FLC-FRE Playtime	1-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult A/V 1-week checkout	DVD FLC-FRE Playtime	1-week checkout	On Shelf

Videodisc release of the 1967 motion picture.
Special features include video introduction by Terry Jones ; selected scene commentary by film historian Phiip Kemp ; alternate international soundtrack ; Au-delà de "Playtime", a short documentary with behind-the-scenes footage ; Tati story, short biographical film about Tati ; "Jacques Tati in Monsieur Hulot's work," a 1976 BBC Omnibus program featuring Tati ; audio interview with Tati ; video interview with script supervisor Sylvette Baudrot ; Cours du soir, a 1967 short film written by and starring Tati ; new essay by Jonathan Rosenbaum.
Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maïden, France Rumilly, France Delahalle, Valérie Camille, Erika Dentzler, Nicole Ray, Yvette Duereux, Nathalie Jem.
Modern Paris, a city of glass, steel and the encroaching age of technology. Admist the babble of tourists, the endearingly clumsy Monsieur Hulot tries to reconcile the old-fashioned ways with the confusing new ways.
DVD, Dolby digital stereo.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Peculiar Yet Dull submitted by KidBlue on July 29, 2021, 1:58pm This is a peculiar film. It is also a very subtly angry film. It reminds me a bit of Metropolis and Modern Times. There is virtually nothing in the way of a plot. It's full of cleverness - no genius, but way, way too much cleverness that doesn't add up to anything. That's the problem with the film. There is no cohesive whole created by the total of it's parts. It is lifeless. It is visually interesting, at times. The film creeps up on you slowly…the trouble is, after an hour it creeps back out and becomes tedious.