Playtime (70mm)
Jacques Tati / FR, 1967 / 125 min.
Tati’s magnum opus: Monsieur Hulot becomes entrapped in a cold, mind-numbing Paris replete with steel and glass architecture, an increasingly dehumanised world. The director chose to use the widescreen, 70 mm format to capture the modern city’s sense of alienation.
Tati had good reason to opt for wide, 70 mm films: he primarily filmed wide shots that his characters seem lost in. for the shoot, Tati had a city built nearby Paris, ‘Tativille’. He invested his entire capital in the production, yet saw his efforts unappreciated by contemporary audiences and critics alike. Monsieur Hulot’s modest role and Tati’s ambitions (‘I am for the individual in a rapidly dehumanising world’) met a cold reception. Nowadays, Playtime is generally accepted as Tati’s masterpiece.
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Director
Jacques Tati
Production year
1967
Country
FR
Original title
Playtime (70mm)
Length
125 min.
Language
French
Subtitles
NO DIALOGUE
Format
70mm
Part of
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