PlayTime
Directed by Jacques Tati • 1967 • France
Starring Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Georges Montant
Jacques Tati’s gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in an age of high technology reached their apotheosis with PLAYTIME. For this monumental achievement, a nearly three-year-long, bank-breaking production, Tati again thrust the lovably old-fashioned Monsieur Hulot, along with a host of other lost souls, into a baffling modern world, this time Paris. With every inch of its superwide frame crammed with hilarity and inventiveness, PLAYTIME is a lasting record of a modern era tiptoeing on the edge of oblivion.
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PlayTime
Directed by Jacques Tati • 1967 • France
Starring Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Georges MontantJacques Tati’s gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in an age of high technology reached their apotheosis with PLAYTIME. For this monumental achievement, a nearly three-y...
Extras
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Terry Jones on PLAYTIME
This introduction to PLAYTIME by actor and comedian Terry Jones was recorded in 2001.
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Wyatt Cenac on Jacques Tati
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Tempo International: Tativille
In this 1967 episode of the British television program “Tempo International,” filmmaker Mike Hodges interviews director Jacques Tati on the set of PLAYTIME.
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Beyond PLAYTIME
This short documentary from 2002, written by Jacques Tati scholar Stéphane Goudet and featuring rare archival footage, explores the genesis of the director’s hugely ambitious production.
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Anatomy of a Gag: PLAYTIME
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Paul Feig on PLAYTIME
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Sylvette Baudrot on PLAYTIME
Sylvette Baudrot has been a script supervisor for more than five decades and worked with director Jacques Tati on three of his films. In this 2006 interview, she recalls collaborating on PLAYTIME.
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Jacques Tati at the 1972 San Francisco Film Festival
In 1972, PLAYTIME made its U.S. debut at the San Francisco Film Festival. Director Jacques Tati attended the event and participated in a discussion about the film, moderated by program director Albert Johnson. The following are audio excerpts from that conversation.
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PLAYTIME Selected-Scene Commentary 1
This selected-scene commentary, recorded for Les Films de Mon Oncle in 2013, features Jacques Tati scholar Stéphane Goudet.
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PLAYTIME Selected-Scene Commentary 2
The following selected-scene commentary, recorded for Les Films de Mon Oncle in 2013, features theater director Jérôme Deschamps.
