Playtime ( Blu-ray )
Jacques Tatis 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.
Year: 1967
Genre: Alice's 500 Greatest Films, French Cinema, Classic Comedy, Best of the 1960s, 2005, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die), Blu-ray Discs, Classic Cinema
Country: France
Director: Jacques Tati
Starring: Barbara Dennek, Jacqueline Lecomte, Jacques Tati
Duration: 124 Minutes
Rating: G
8/10
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