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| jT3| Mon Oncle |
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| Director: Jacques Tati |
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Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie, Lucien Frégis, Betty Schneider |
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Art House & International |
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| Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 |
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(NTSC ) |
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Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono |
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| Studio: Criterion |
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DVD Region: 1 |
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Unrated |
| DVD Release: Jan 2004 |
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Discs: 1 (Cloud) [$29.95] |
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| Reviews: A comic masterpiece from director-star Jacques Tati ("Playtime", "Traffic"), this 1958 film--Tati's first in color--reprises the carefree, oblivious title character from the director's hilarious international hit "Mr. Hulot's Holiday". This time, the story finds Hulot, a self-involved twit on a constant collision with the physical world, grappling with 1950s-style progress. Visiting his sister and brother-in-law in their ultra-progressive household full of noisy gadgets and futuristic decor, Hulot inevitably has dust-ups with modernity, each one exceptionally funny. Taking a page from Buster Keaton's playbook, Tati also employs his trademark techniques with sound and production design to achieve the indefinable, comic genius of his films: the rhythmic clacking of footsteps, the cartoon-panel distance of his camera frame from the heart of the action. (Why are funny things funnier when seen from a few extra feet away?) Tati is one of the cinema's great treasures, and this movie is unforgettable. "--Tom Keogh" |
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