Description:Jacque Tati's second feature film and first film in color reintroduces his hilarious Chaplinesque alter ego, M. Hulot. After having followed Hulot on his sun-drenched, ... Full Descriptionfoible-filled seaside vacation in MR. HULOT'S HOLIDAY, MON ONCLE finds Tati contrasting Hulot's bohemian provincial home life with the modern, coJacque Tati's second feature film and first film in color reintroduces his hilarious Chaplinesque alter ego, M. Hulot. After having followed Hulot on his sun-drenched, ... Full Descriptionfoible-filled seaside vacation in MR. HULOT'S HOLIDAY, MON ONCLE finds Tati contrasting Hulot's bohemian provincial home life with the modern, contraption-filled concrete and glass home belonging to his sister and her family, the Arpels, where Hulot's nephew, Gerard, is drowning in boredom. When Hulot comes for a visit, the gadgets get the better of him, in a seamless spectacle of electric switches, slamming doors and malfunctioning accoutrements. Tati shuttles back and forth between Hulot's quaint home of friendly, if mischievous neighbors and music filled provincial café's and the Arpel's surreal and cold ultra modern lifestyle, creating an evocative and whimsical contrast that Tati would develop further in his future masterpieces, PLAYTIME and TRAFFIC. When Mr. Arpel contrives to secure Hulot a position at his rubber tubing factory, Mrs. Arpel simultaneously conspires to fix him up with an eccentric neighbor, Hulot's clumsy and gullible nature lead him into myriad tangles with the Arpels modern lifestyle, climaxing in an intricately absurd garden party.
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DVD, 2nd viewing
DIRECTED BY Jacques Tati
Tati's sense of visual comedy is pretty much impeccable. The way he basically invents a style of architecture, the way people and animals behave in his films, the amount of details in every frame etc. - he's just superb.
A satire that totally avoids cynicism is hard enough for many a filmmaker.
This scene is nothing short of genius."
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"Watched: 22.8 - Digibox
Maineeseen ja pistekeskiarvoihin nähden pieni pettymys, mutta pakko antaa kredittiä monille hymähdyksen vakavaksi muovatuille kasvoille tuoneelle hetkelle. Elokuvan kuvaustyyli on erittäin mielenkiintoinen, mutta Hulot'n siskosn talon sisustus saa miltei oksentamaan, siinä oma pieni lisämauste."
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